Gunung Pancar (15863)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2004
National site name: Gunung Pancar
Central coordinates: Latitude: -6.5833, Longitude: 106.9000
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 400 to 800
Area of KBA (km2): 4.20786
Protected area coverage (%): 28.18
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Located 21 km south-east of Bogor.</P>
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: <P>Non-bird biodiversity: <I>Presbytis comata</I> and <I>Trachypithecus auratus</I> (MacKinnon <I>et.al</I>. 1982, Nijman 1997).</P></P>
Manageability of the site: Site identified based on BirdLife International's Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, under which manageability is strongly recommended but not explicitly documented
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: The slopes of the mountain are covered by lowland rainforest and secondary forest/shrubs.Forested area begin from 600 m (Erftemeijer 1987). Although only few information already known from this site, but based on the good forest condition it is predicted that the site is important for biodiversity.</P>
Additional information
References: Anon. 1997. Statistik Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam 1996/1997. Departemen Kehutanan dan Perkebunan, Direktorat Jenderal Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam, Jakarta.Erftemeijer, P. 1987. <I>Forest Avifauna on West Java. An Analysis of Mixed Flocks of Insectivorous Birds in Lowland and Mountain Forests on West Java, Indonesia.</I> Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen.MacKinnon, J., Smiet, F., and Artha, M.B. 1982. <I>A National Conservation Plan for Indonesia, Vol. III: Java and Bali.</I> UNDP/FAO. Bogor.Nijman, V. 1997. On the Occurrence of <I>Presbytis comata</I> Desmarest, 1822 (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae) on Java, Indonesia. Contr. Zool 66:247-356.</P>
Contributors: Site identified based on Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas by the BirdLife International Partnership