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Site description (2003 baseline):
Site location and context
There are around 8 villages around the area. Most of the people work as farmer and fisherman. Main comodity for plantation are cacao and coconut for copra.
The endemic Masked Owl
Tyto nigrobrunnea probably lives in this area. Survey by Davidson
et.al. (1991) has not found this bird. The last record was in Tubang east of Taliabu Island (Stones
et.al. 1997)
Non-bird biodiversity: Babyrousa babyrousa frosti in Sula Islands except on Lifamatola Island (Flanery 1995). The other important fauna is Cervus timorensis moluccensis (Monk et.al.1997, Hitipeuw & Tuhumury 1999 Obs.pri.).
The habitat type is evergreen rainforest (Monk
et.al.1997)
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Logging, natural habitat alteration for plantation, parrot catching for trade by local communities or people who work in logging concession.
70000 ha of this area has been proposed as Nature Reserve (MacKinnon & Artha, 1981).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taliabu Utara (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taliabu-utara-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.
