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Site description (2003 baseline):
Thiollay (1995, 1996a) found Wallace's Hawk-eagle
Spizaetus nanus in Rimbo Panti Nature Reserve (not in Gunung Singgalang area), and Sunda Wrinkled Hornbil
Aceros corrugatus. This area is one of five locations for Sumatran Ground-cuckoo
Carpococyx viridis. There is no record of this species in this area since 1916. This bird is one of the globally threatened and restricted-range species (Collar & Long 1996, Stattersfield
et.al. 1998, BirdLife International 2000)
Lower and upper mountain forest.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Firewood collection and forest clearence for plantation (Anon 1995).
This area is a protected Forest (for watercatchment area. 9659 ha of this area is proposed as Nature Reserve (Anon 1995).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Singgalang (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-singgalang-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.
