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Site description (2003 baseline)
This area is a flat area. The land of Yamdena island is important area for medicinal plants and other forest products and hunting (wild boar, deer and wild buffalo). There are 4 villages in this area and most of the people work as fisherman and farmer. Main comodities are coconut for copra and marine products mainly sea cucumbers and mussels.

Key biodiversity
The only area where Tanimbar Starling Aplonis crassa recorded.

Non-bird biodiversity: The endemic flora in this area is Lemuku Dendrobium phaleonopsis (MacKinnon & Artha 1981, Monk et.al.1997). The emdemic fauna of Tanimbar are Troides riedeli, Litoria capitula (Monk et.al.1997). The other important fauna are Python morelia amethistina,Cervus timorensis floresiensis (Petocz et.al.1997).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tanimbar Tengah (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tanimbar-tengah-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.