COMPARISON OF AVIFAUNAS IN PINUS-RADIATA HABITATS AND INDIGENOUS RIPARIAN HABITAT AT JONKERSHOEK, STELLENBOSCH

The bird assemblages of three small, different-aged pine habitats and an indigenous wooded habitat were investigated near Stellenbosch, Sout h Africa. Eight 20-min walk-through counts were done per season (exclu ding summer) in each habitat. Bird species richness and abundance were higher in the indigenous habitat than in any of the pine habitats dur ing each season. The three-year-old pine habitat had higher numbers of species and individuals than the two mature pine habitats. Birds were recorded more infrequently in the pine habitats compared with the ind igenous habitat. The greatest proportion of species recorded in the ma ture pine habitats were species of the riparian habitat assemblage. Fy nbos species and widespread species predominated in the three-year-old pine habitat.