Data Zone
Country/territory: Indonesia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 4,552 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2012 | high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Wae Wuul is a grassland on the beach with several small group of forests (MacKinnon et.al.1982). Topography of Wae Wuul is hilly with steep slopes (around Gunung Manis), with the highest elevation 300 m asl.
Key biodiversity
The endangered Flores Crow Corvus florensis lives in this area. Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea found in this area un to 1989 (Mochtar 1989, Trainor & Lesmana 2000). Probably, the Yellow-crested Cockatoo came from Rinca Island.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wae Wuul. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 08/02/2023.
