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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
The forest in this area is growing on very steep mountain slopes.
This area is important because of Wallace's Hanging-parrot
Loriculus flosculus, and the vulnerable Flores Green Pigeon
Treron floris (Trainor & Lesmana 2000).
The vegetation type is tropical moist semi-evergreen forest (Trainor & Lesmana 2000).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Illegal hunting, timber cutting, road development (Trainor & Lesmana 2000).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gapong (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gapong-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.
