Diversity and abundance of birds assemblages associated to semideciduos and pine encino forests of the Vinales National Park

The present work was carried out since February to April 2009 in the semideciduo forest of the "Marvel of Vinales" path and the pine-encino formation of the Valley Ancon at the Vioales National Park. The principal objective was to evaluate the diversity and abundance of the bird's assemblages and their association grade with both formations. We used the circular plots of fixed radio method in 30 points of counts separated to 150 m one of other and for the vegetation study we took the proposed of James and Shugart (1970) with adaptations by Noon (1981). Was take the phenologic state of the vegetable species and they measured different variables of the vegetal formation. 44 birds species were detected in the semidesiduo forest and 42 in pine encino forest. In the association study between several birds species of and vegetables variables we can see the increment of S with the Relative Abundance and the decrease of the height of the vegetation with the density of the forest. The birds assemblages of the formation of semideciduo forest of the "Marvels of Vinales" path and of the pine encino forest of "Valley Ancon" presented similar values of richness, diversity and equitativity but the composition and the structure. were different. In both forest formations there were numeric dominances of Turdus plumbeus and Vireo altiloquus, but Teretistris fernandinae was abundant in "Marvels of Vinales" and Tiaris canorus in Ancon Valley. The relationship between ornitocenosis and fitocenosis was demonstrated and several birds' species show association with Clusea rosea, Callophyllum antillanun, Quercus cubana, Matayba oppositifolia y Miconia impetiolaris.