These island groups lie off the east coast of Sumatra (and immediately to the south of Singapore at the tip of the Malayan peninsula) in the Indonesian province of Riau (see map, p. 488). The natural vegetation is tropical lowland rain forest (Whitmore 1984). They support one restricted-range species, the threatened Silvery Wood-pigeon Columba argentina (classified as Vulnerable; see Secondary Area s101).

Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. and Wege, D. C. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World. Priorities for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 7. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

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BirdLife International (2025) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Riau and Lingaa islands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/402 on 19/01/2025.