Tanjung Puting (15906)
Indonesia, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2001
National site name: Tanjung Puting
Central coordinates: Latitude: -2.9500, Longitude: 112.0167
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 3968.29843
Protected area coverage (%): 79.47
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Tanjung Puting is a famous place for Orang Utan rehabilitation center, and represent important swamp area and heath forest in south coast of Central Kalimantan, between Kumai Gulf and Seruyan River. There are peat swamp forest, tidal mangrove, and nypah forest. The river that supply the water inside area is black water river. The habitat in this area are relativelly good compared with Muara Kendawangan.This site is also popular touris destination. The important area is Burung Lake, at eastern part of this area and easy to reach.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Additional biodiversity: Field visit to Danau Burung was found breeding site of 1-2000 birds from at least 6 species: Oriental Darter Anhingia melanogaster, Black-Crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax (this is the only breeding site known in Kalimantan), Little Egret Egretta garzetta, Great Egret Egretta alba and Purple Heron Ardea purpurea and probably other species (1 species, unidentified Cormorant). Other breeding species is Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilus javanicus (4 nests on trees outside the National Park, record by Galdikas & King 1989). White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni also recorded in this site (Symthies 19981) at Pangkalanbun in 1942, but there is no recent record.A checklist by Bohap & Galdikas (1987) also mentioned sub-alpine species i.e. Wattled Pheasant Lobhiophasis bulweri but without description (already deleted from checklist). Another sub-alpine species, Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria, captured by Nash & Nash (1988) using misnet and this species is breeding in this site. Non-bird biodiversity: Hylobates agilis, Presbytis rubicunda, Nasalis larvatus, Pongo pygmeus, Neofelis nebulosa, Bos javanicus, Helarctos malayanus, Crocodylus porosus, Tomistoma schlegelii, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Scelorpages formosus (Scott 1989, MacKinnon et.al.1996, Colijn 2000).
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: Peat-swamp forest (30%), heath forest (40%), tidal forest (5%) and damage forest (25%).
Land use: nature conservation and research
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands(Inland) | 50 | |
| Forest | 50 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Illegal logging, mining, forest fire, illegal forest conversion for Ramin wood.
Additional information
References: Anon. 1995. Statistik Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam. Departemen Kehutanan dan Perkebunan, Direktorat Jenderal Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam, Jakarta.Bohap bin Jalan & Galdikas, B.M.F. 1987. Birds of Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan Tengah. A preliminary list. Kukila 3 (1-2): 33-37.Colijn, E.O. 2000. The Indonesian Nature Conservation Database. URL: http://www.bart.nl/-edcolijn/index.html.Galdikas, M.F. & B. King. 1989. Lesser Adjutant nests in SW Kalimantan. Kukila 4 (3-4): 151-152.MacKinnon, K., Hatta, G., Halim, H., and Mangalik, A. 1996. The Ecology of Kalimantan: Indonesian Borneo. The Ecology of Indonesia Series, Vol. 3. Singapore: Periplus Edition.Nash, S.V. & Nash, A.D. 1988. An annotated checklist of the birds of Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan. Kukila 3 (3-4): 93-116.Scott, D.A. 1989. A Directory of Asian Wetlands. Compiled for WWF, IUCN, ICBP & IWRB, IUCN, the World Conservation Union.Smythies, B.E.1981. The birds of Borneo. Third edition. The Sabah Society with the Malayan Nature Society.