Data Zone
Country/territory: Timor-Leste
IBA criteria met: A1, A2 (2007)
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Area: 10,906 hectares (109.06 km2)
Site description (2007 baseline)
A large area with a variety of vegetation communities including tall lowland tropical evergreen forest, dry and moist deciduous forests, tidal/mangrove forests, coastal forests, and a suite of coastal strand communities (Cowie 2006). This area is by far the largest example of this assemblage of habitat types in Timor-Leste (and Timor Island). It is located amongst teak plantations, rice fields and swidden agriculture.
Key biodiversity
Twenty-four restricted-range species have been recorded in this IBA, including the Endangered Timor Green-pigeon, and the Critically Endangered Yellow-crested Cockatoo also occurs there (FAO/UNDP 1982, Ora 2000, Trainor et al. 2004).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lore (Timor-Leste). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lore-iba-timor-leste on 23/12/2024.