ID019
Pesisir Riau Tenggara


IBA Justification

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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus NT resident (1984) 70 birds A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea EN resident (1984) 700 birds A1, A4i
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus LC non-breeding (1984–1990) 60–80 birds A4i
Charadrius mongolus NR winter (1984) 2,200 birds A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT winter (1984) 4,100 birds A4i
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus NT winter (1984) present A4i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus LC winter (1984) 2,200 birds A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1984) 21,000 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Peat swamp forest (tropical); Mangrove forest (tropical)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pesisir Riau Tenggara (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pesisir-riau-tenggara-iba-indonesia on 27/12/2024.