Simeulue lies off the north-west coast of Sumatra, in Aceh province of Indonesia (see map, p. 488). The natural vegetation of the island is tropical lowland rain forest (Whitmore 1984). It supports two restricted-range species, the single-island endemic Simeulue Scops-owl Otus umbra, which is found in the forest and forest-edge habitats, and the threatened Silvery Wood-pigeon Columba argentina (classified as Vulnerable; see Secondary Area s101).

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Simeulue. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/404 on 22/11/2024.