bird species richness in bavanat county, north east of fars province

abstract bavanat county, with an area of 4992 km², is located in north east of fars province. during a long-term avifauna survey in the area which lasted 8 years (2007-2014), 85 bird species belonging to 12 orders and 32 families, identified and reported. the order passeriformes with 61 species was the most diverse order in the study area. the most diverse families were turdidae, fringillidae and corvidae with 18, 6 and 6 species respectively. due to lack of natural and human made waterbodies in the study area, only one water bird species was recorded in bavanat county. the county has a suitable habitats for the presence of terrestrial birds, especially in the spring and summer seasons.