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Site description (1999 baseline):
Site location and context
Telaga Warna is described as a small natural lake surrounded by mountain rain forest and located around 27 km south-east of Bogor. Cibulao is a small patches of forest (130 ha) close to Telaga Warna. Part of Telaga Warna-Cibulao is also part of Taman Wisata Alam (Recreation Park) Jember which is a popular tourist destination in West Java.
This area lies on the migration route of raptors such as Chinese Goshawk
Accipiter soloensis and Oriental Honey-Buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus. During 7 days observation (November 1997) around 7329 raptors counted pass this area (CIBA personal.obs.).
Non-bird biodiversity: Hylobates moloch, Presbytis comata and Trachypithecus auratus (Erftemeijer 1987, Asquith et.al.1995, Nijman 1997)
Small natural lake surrounded by mountain rain forest and Cibulao is a small patches of forest (130 ha) close to Telaga Warna.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Deforestation for agriculture (Erftemeijer 1987) and tourism.
50 ha of this area declared as Recreation Park based on SK Menteri Pertanian No. 393/Kpts/Um/6/1979 on 23 June 1979.Telaga Warna Nature Reserve (368.25 ha) declared based on SK Menteri Pertanian No. 481/Kpts/Um/6/81 on 9 June 1981 (Anon 1997).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Telaga Warna-Cibulao (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/telaga-warna-cibulao-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.
