Site description (baseline)
Located on the eastern part of Java around 15 km west of Banyuwangi, the eastern part of Plateau Ijen dominated by a group of mountains consist of Gunung Merapi, Ijen Crater and small mountains such as Gunung Widadanen, Gunung Papak and Gunung Pawenen. Ijen Crater linked Maelang-Ijen-Raung that formed the biggest mountains area in East Java.
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: Cuon alpinus, Panthera pardus, Sus verrucosus and Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman 1997).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Ijen. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15891 on 30/05/2023.