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Site description (1999 baseline):
Site location and context
Located around 36 km south-east of Madiun, Gunung Liman (2563 m) is situated between Kabupaten Ponorogo and Kabupaten Nganjuk, meanwhile Gunung Wilis (2169 m) situated between Kabupaten Tulungagung and Kabupaten Kediri (Anon 1992, Anon 1989).
Non-bird biodiversity: Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman 1997).
An extensive block of continuous hill and mountain rainforest on the slopes of the twin volcanoes Liman and Wilis (MacKinnon
et.al.1982) and lowland rainforest.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Agricultural expansion, forest cutting and wildlife hunting (MacKinnon
et.al.1982).
There is two conservation areas in this site:- Gunung Sigogor Nature Reserve (190.5 ha) declared based on GB No.23 Stbl 471 on 4 September 1936.- Gunung Picis Nature Reserve (27.9 ha) declared based on GB No. 36 Stbl.43 on 4 May 1924 (Anon 1997, Anon 1998)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Liman-Wilis (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-liman-wilis-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.
