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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
Ridges up to 300 m, steep shore and flat only on the northwestern part. The flat area alreday cleared since 1970 for garden to grow bananas, pineaples, coconuts and batatas by fisherman from Kepulauan Banda and Tayando whose come periodically. They catch fishes from Manuk island and use this island to dry the fishes to make salty fish which then they sell it in Ambon Naira (a town in Banda islands).
This island probably has the biggest seabides breeding site colonies in Banda Sea (MacKinnon & Artha 1981). This area supports Bridled Tern
Sterna anaethetus, Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster, White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaeton lepturus, Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaeton rubricauda, Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus, Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor, Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel, Red-footed Booby
Sula sula, Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra (de Korte 1991). The restricted-range bird Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon
Ducula rosacea also lives in this area (White & Bruce 1986, de Korte 1991).
Manuk Island is covered by bushes and secondary vegetation.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Vegetation cutting for firewood, seabird catching and egg collection and mouse and cat introduction(de Korte 1991)
100 ha of this area is declared as Wildlife Sanctuary based on SK MENTAN No.444/Kpts/Um/5/1981 on 25 May 1981 .
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Manuk (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-manuk-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.
