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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
Located around 180 km East of Rengat.
Birds species between October-November 1984 (Silvius 1988) i.e:- 700 Milky Stork
Mycterea cinerea- 70 Lesser Adjutant
Leptoptilus javanicus- 80 Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus- c. 21000 waders include 4100 Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa, 2200 Common Redshank
Tringia totanus, 2200 Mongolia Plover
Charadrius mongolus (more than 11000 wader unidentified, and Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus uncertain record).A survey in Bakung Island on 22-26 October 1990 found: 685 Milky Stork
Mycterea cinerea, 28 Lesser Adjutant
Leptoptilus javanicus, 60 Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus, and other unidentified waterbirds (Giesen
1991).Although the few numbers of waders recorded in Jambi and South Sumatra, but the mudflat considered as part of wader post migration and also feeding site of waterbirds. Need to be noted that no record on breeding site of Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus in Sumatra.
Non-bird biodiversity: Crocodylus porosus and Tomistoma schlegeli (Giesen 1991, Wibowo & Suyatno 1998).
Mudflat, peat swamp forest and mangrove (Wibowo & Suyatno 1998). The status of mangrove is unknown, it might be has been converted for fisheries/ponds and oil palm plantation.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Land conversion for pond/fisheries (Silvius
et.al 1987).
Tanjung Datuk and northern P. Bakung proposed as protected area by Wetlands International (Silvius 1988).
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 23/11/2024.
