Site description (1999 baseline)
Located on the eastern part of Java around 15 km west of Banyuwangi, the eastern part of Plateau Ijen dominated by a group of mountains consist of Gunung Merapi, Ijen Crater and small mountains such as Gunung Widadanen, Gunung Papak and Gunung Pawenen. Ijen Crater linked Maelang-Ijen-Raung that formed the biggest mountains area in East Java.
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: Cuon alpinus, Panthera pardus, Sus verrucosus and Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman 1997).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Ijen (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-ijen-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.