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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
There are some of encroachments, wildlife captures and illegal logging.
Danielsen & Heegard (1995) identified 193 forest bird species in this area including White-winged Duck
Cairina scutulata, Black Partridge
Melanoperdix nigra, Crestless Fireback
Lophura erythropthalma, Crested Fireback
Lophura ignita, Large Frogmouth
Batrachostomus auritus, Large Wren-Babbler
Napothera macrodactyla etc. and also significant taxa or endemic such as Banded Pitta
Pitta guajana, Garnet Pitta
Pitta granatina, Chestnut-capped Thrush
Zoothera interpres, Trichostoma buettikoferi, Grey-breasted Babbler
Malacopteron albogulare, Striped Wren-babbler
Kenopia striata, and White-bellied Munia
Lonchura leucogastra.There is no rectricted-range bird species identified in this area, although
Trichastoma buettikoferi could be categorized as rectricted-range bird species (Andrew 1992), and the area could be qualified as secondary area for endemic bird area.
Non-bird biodiversity: Panthera tigris, Tapirus indicus, Presbytis melalophos and Hylobates syndactylus, Balionycteris maculata, Megaerops wetmorei, Morina cyclotis, Aonyx cinerea, Elephas maximus, Neofelis nebulosa, fish species: Notochelys platynota, Scleropagus formosus, reptile species: Crocodylus porosus, Heosemys spinosa, Tomistoma schlegelii. And formerly recorded Cuon alpinus, Dicerorhinus sumatraensis . A new recorded flora species is Rafflesia hasseltii (Danielsen & Schumacher 1997, Colijn 1999).
Lowland evergreen forest, secondary forest, rubber plantation, and shifting agriculture area.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Buffer zone of this National Park is under logging concession, large area were alocated for oil palm plantation. There are more than 30 sawmills arround this area, which indicates that the swamill get the log supply from this area (Anon 1998, Danielsen & Schumacher 1997, Colijn 1999).
Declared as Bukit Tigapuluh National Park (127968 ha) based on SK Menhut No. 539/Kpts-II/95 on 15 October 1995 (Anon 1998).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukit Tigapuluh (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukit-tigapuluh-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.
