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Ornithological information Danielsen & Heegard (1995) identified 193 forest bird species in this area including White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata, Black Partridge Melanoperdix nigra, Crestless Fireback Lophura erythropthalma, Crested Fireback Lophura ignita, Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus, Large Wren-Babbler Napothera macrodactyla etc. and also significant taxa or endemic such as Banded Pitta Pitta guajana, Garnet Pitta Pitta granatina, Chestnut-capped Thrush Zoothera interpres, Trichostoma buettikoferi, Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare, Striped Wren-babbler Kenopia striata, and White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra.There is no rectricted-range bird species identified in this area, although Trichastoma buettikoferi could be categorized as rectricted-range bird species (Andrew 1992), and the area could be qualified as secondary area for endemic bird area.

Site description There are some of encroachments, wildlife captures and illegal logging.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Bukit Tigapuluh	National Park	127,698	is identical to site	127,698

Habitats

Land use

Other biodiversity Panthera tigris, Tapirus indicus, Presbytis melalophos and Hylobates syndactylus, Balionycteris maculata, Megaerops wetmorei, Morina cyclotis, Aonyx cinerea, Elephas maximus, Neofelis nebulosa, fish species: Notochelys platynota, Scleropagus formosus, reptile species: Crocodylus porosus, Heosemys spinosa, Tomistoma schlegelii. And formerly recorded Cuon alpinus, Dicerorhinus sumatraensis . A new recorded flora species is Rafflesia hasseltii (Danielsen & Schumacher 1997, Colijn 1999).

Management considerations Buffer zone of this National Park is under logging concession, large area were alocated for oil palm plantation. There are more than 30 sawmills arround this area, which indicates that the swamill get the log supply from this area (Anon 1998, Danielsen & Schumacher 1997, Colijn 1999).

Protection status Declared as Bukit Tigapuluh National Park (127968 ha) based on SK Menhut No. 539/Kpts-II/95 on 15 October 1995 (Anon 1998).

References Andrew, P. 1992. The birds of Indonesia: A checklist (Peters' sequence). Jakarta: Indonesian Ornithological Society.Anon. 1998. Statistik Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam 1997/1998. Departemen Kehutanan dan Perkebunan, Direktorat Jenderal Perlindungan Hutan dan Pelestarian Alam, Jakarta.Colijn, E.O. 2000. The Indonesian Nature Conservation Database. URL: http://www.bart.nl/-edcolijn/index.html.Danielsen, F., & Schumacher, T. 1997. The importance of Tigapuluh Hills, Southern Riau, Indonesia, To Biodiversity Conservation. Tropical Biodiversity 4(2): 129-160.Danielsen, F. & Heegard, M. 1995. The bird of Bukit Tigapuluh, Southern Riau, Sumatra. Kukila 7(2): 99-120.

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