Gunung Malabar (Indonesia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Gunung Malabar

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Site description (1999 baseline):

Site location and context

Located around 24 km south of Bandung.

Key biodiversity

Non-bird biodiversity: Hylobates moloch, Presbytis comata, Trachypithecus auratus (MacKinnon et.al. 1982, Asquith 1995, Nijman 1997).

Habitat and land use

Largely damaged montane rainforest (MacKinnon et.al. 1982). Although only few information already known from this site, but based on good forest condition it is predicted that the site is important for biodiversity.

Pressure/threats to key biodiversity

Cutting of forest and wild hunting (MacKinnon et.al. 1982).

Protected areas

8.3 ha of this area is a Nature Reserve based on GB No. 1912 (Anon 1997, Anon 1998)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Malabar (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-malabar-iba-indonesia on 26/11/2024.