Komodo - Rinca (Indonesia) IBA | Summary

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Komodo - Rinca

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Country/territory: Indonesia

IBA criteria met: A1, A2 (2002)
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Area: 61,698 hectares (616.98 km²)

Burung Indonesia

Site description (2003 baseline)
This area consist of three big islands; Rinca Island (198 km²), Komodo Island (330 km²) and Padar Island. Komodo National Park is declared as World Heritage by UNESCO on December 1991 (BKSDA VII 1997). Around 500 people live on Komodo Island, 600-800 people on Rinca Island, meanwhile Padar Island is unoccupied (Anon 1995b).

Key biodiversity
Population estimate for Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea in this area are 500 birds in Komodo Island and 100 birds in Rinca Island. This area is supporting the biggest population of sub-species parvula in Indonesia, and the second biggest after citrinocristata in Sumba Island.The survey by BirdLife Internatonal-Indonesia Programme found Flores Crow Corvus florensis in Rinca Island and Flores Green Pigeon Treron floris founded in Komodo Island (Agista & Rubyanto 2001).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Komodo - Rinca (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/komodo--rinca-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.