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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident (2004)	present	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident (2004)	present	A1, A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the key species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	poor (40–69%)	moderate (70–90%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	rapid deteri­oration (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Muara Kaman Sedulang	Cagar Alam (Ia)	86
1981	Kendawangan	Nature Reserve (-)	50

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Heath forest (tropical); Mangrove forest (tropical); Peat swamp forest (tropical)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Grassland	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Muara Kendawangan (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/muara-kendawangan-iba-indonesia on 20/01/2025.