Data Zone
Country/territory: Indonesia
IBA criteria met: A1, A2 (1999)
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Area: 4,200 ha
Site description (1999 baseline)
Located around 15 km west of Serang or around 130 km west of Jakarta, Rawa Danau (also known as Ranca Danau) is a freshwster lake and surrounded by freshwater swamp forest. Most of the lake surface is covered by water hyacinth, "kasau air", and other water plant. Rawa Danau surrounded by mountains and only have one outlet pass through Cidana River. Freshwater swamp forest in Rawa Danau is last reamining one in West Java (Silvius et.al.1987). This area has been degraded heavily (Whitten et.al.1996, Wibowo & Suyatno 1998)
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: Sus verrucosus, Presbytis comata, Trachypithecus auratus (van Balen personal communication., MacKinnon et.al.1982, Silvius et.al.1987). Alocasia bantamensis and Coix lachrymajobi, the endemic flora of Indonesia (Directorate General of Tourism, undated)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rawa Danau (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rawa-danau-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.