ID012
Pulau Siberut


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
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei VU resident (2000) present A1, A3
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi EN resident (2000) present A1, A3
Mentawai Scops-owl Otus mentawi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus VU resident (2000) present A1, A3
Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus LC resident (2000) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1981 Siberut UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 94
1992 Siberut Taman Nasional (II) 44

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Forest - Mangrove forest (tropical); Peat swamp forest (tropical)
Wetlands (inland) -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Siberut (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-siberut-iba-indonesia on 05/12/2024.