Data Zone
Country/territory: Indonesia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (1999)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 21,976 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2012 | high | favourable | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
This area consist of Gunung Gede (2958 m) which is an active volcano and Gunung Pangrango (3019 m). These 2 mountains linked by a flat ridge with 2400 m elevation. The last eruption of Gunung Gede was in 1948. This area is one of the wetest area in Java.
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: Panthera pardus, Hylobates moloch, Presbytis comata and Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman & Sozer 1995, Anon 1996, Hedges & Tyson 1996, Whitten et.al. 1996, Nijman 1997).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gunung Gede - Pangrango. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2021.
