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Site description (1999 baseline):
Site location and context
This area consists of two islands, Pulau Dua (Dua Island) and Pulau Satu (Satu Island) covering 30 ha. Pulau Satu is located around 600 m from Pulau Dua. Originally Pulau Dua is a coral island (8 ha).This area is located on the south-east of Banten Bay, around 70 km west of Jakarta. Up to the end of 1960s, Pulau Dua ia a seperated island from Java, however betwwen 1970-1978 this island has connected with a land bridge with Java (Allport & Wilson 1984).
In 1970s this area is a breeding site for Milky Stork
Mycteria cinerea, Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus, and Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus. Based on 1985 census, more than 7500 nests from 11 species of waterbirds live in this area. Waterbirds include Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia, Oriental Darter
Anhingia melanogaster, Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea, Milky Stork
Mycteria cinerea, Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus, and Little Egret
Egretta garzetta (Silvius
et.al. 1987).
Most of the area covered by mangrove vegetation (
Avicennia marina and
Rhizophora sp.(MacKinnon
et.al. 1982) and the remaining area is secondary forest, beach/forest vegetation and sand dune.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Visitors, fishermen, mangrove forest conversion for ponds, and firewood collection (MacKinnon
et.al. 1982)
Declared as Nature Reserve (8 ha) in 1937 . The area expanded to 30 ha based on SK. No. 253/Kpts-II/84 on 26 December 1984 (Silvius
et.al. 1987, Anon 1997, Anon 1998).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Dua (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-dua-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.
