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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
This area consist of three big islands; Rinca Island (198 km
2), Komodo Island (330 km
2) 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).
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).
Rinca Island and Padar covered by open savanna, dominated by lontar palm
Borassus flabellifer.Tropical dry forest occurs along the hills and valley bottoms, characterized by tree species such as
Sterculia foetida, Oroxylum indicum, Tamarindus indica, Zizyphus horsfeldi, Scheilchera oleosa and
Cassia javanica (Monk
et.al.1997).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Illegal hunting, palm cutting, and catching fish using explosive material and expansion for housing (MacKinnon
et.al.1982, Anon 1995b).
173300 ha of this area is declared as a National Park based on SK. Menteri Kehutanan No. 306/Kpts-II/95 on 29 June 1995 (Anon 1998).
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.
