Data Zone
Country/territory: Indonesia
IBA criteria met: A1, A3 (2001)
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Area: 127,698 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
| 2012 | high | favourable | high |
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Site description (baseline)
There are some of encroachments, wildlife captures and illegal logging.
Key biodiversity
Danielsen & Heegard (1995) identified 193 forest bird species in this area including White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata, Black Partridge Melanoperdix nigra, Crestless Fireback Lophura erythropthalma, Crested Fireback Lophura ignita, Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus, Large Wren-Babbler Napothera macrodactyla etc. and also significant taxa or endemic such as Banded Pitta Pitta guajana, Garnet Pitta Pitta granatina, Chestnut-capped Thrush Zoothera interpres, Trichostoma buettikoferi, Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare, Striped Wren-babbler Kenopia striata, and White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra.There is no rectricted-range bird species identified in this area, although Trichastoma buettikoferi could be categorized as rectricted-range bird species (Andrew 1992), and the area could be qualified as secondary area for endemic bird area.
Non-bird biodiversity: Panthera tigris, Tapirus indicus, Presbytis melalophos and Hylobates syndactylus, Balionycteris maculata, Megaerops wetmorei, Morina cyclotis, Aonyx cinerea, Elephas maximus, Neofelis nebulosa, fish species: Notochelys platynota, Scleropagus formosus, reptile species: Crocodylus porosus, Heosemys spinosa, Tomistoma schlegelii. And formerly recorded Cuon alpinus, Dicerorhinus sumatraensis . A new recorded flora species is Rafflesia hasseltii (Danielsen & Schumacher 1997, Colijn 1999).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukit Tigapuluh. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15809 on 07/06/2023.
