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Site Description
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Teluk Bintuni (or Bintuni Bay) is a sheltered bay of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the western part of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is located between 132 55' - 134 02' East and 2 02' - 2 97' South (including the bay and all surrounding tidally inundated swamps). The bay is bordered by extensive mangrove forests in the northern, eastern and southern parts. The total area of mangroves around the bay is estimated, from RePPProt maps, interpretation of satellite and aerial photopraphs and the vegetation map prepared for Erftemeijer et al (1989) citing (Stellingwerf, 1957), to cover about 260,000 ha.
Principal vegetation: Mangrove and a small area of freshwater swamp. |
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Site Location |
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Access to the Bird's Head area including Bintuni Bay is exclusively through boat or Airplane. From Manokwari to Bintuni by plane about 45 minutes. And by "Kapal Perintis" ship travels to Bintuni and Babo harbors from Sorong about 24 hours. |
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Special Memmo |
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Bintuni Bay has a special mangrove ecosystem type which consist of a best composition in Irian Jaya. This location also a good habitat for Estuarine Crocodile and the endemic New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile. |
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| List of Birds (98 species) | |
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Actitis hypoleucos | | | Alcedo azurea | | | Anhinga melanogaster | Lower Risk | | Aplonis cantoroides | | | Aquila gurneyi | Lower Risk | App II | Ardea sumatrana | Lower Risk | | Ardeola striata | | | Aviceda subcristata | | App II | Cacatua galerita | | App II | Calidris acuminata | | | Calidris ferruginea | | | Casuarius unappendiculatus | Vulnerable | | Centropus menbeki | | | Chalcopsitta atra | | App II | Charadrius leschenaultii | | | Charadrius mongolus | | | Chlidonias hybridus | | | Chlidonias leucopterus | | | Circus approximans | | App II | Collocalia esculenta | | | Coracina boyeri | | | Coracina papuensis | | | Corvus enca | | | Corvus orru | | | Dendrocygna arcuata | | | Dendrocygna guttata | | | Dicaeum pectorale | | | Dicrurus hottentottus | | | Ducula muellerii | | | Ducula mullerii | | | Ducula pinon | | | Eclectus roratus | | App II | Egretta alba | | | Egretta garzetta | | | Egretta sacra | | | Eopsaltria pulverulenta | | | Eurystomus orientalis | | | Fregata ariel | | | Fregata minor | | | Gelochelidon nilotica | | | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | | App II | Gerygone levigaster | | | Goura cristata | Vulnerable | App II | Halcyon chloris | | | Halcyon sancta | | | Haliaeetus leucogaster | | App II | Haliastur indus | | App II | Hemiprocne mystacea | | | Henicopernis longicauda | | App II | Hirundo rustica | | | Hirundo tahitica | | | Hydroprogne caspia | | | Ixobrychus flavicollis | | | Larus ridibundus | | | Limosa limosa | | | Lonchura tristissima | | | Lorius lory | | App II | Macropygia amboinensis | | | Malurus alboscapulatus | | | Megapodius freycinet | | | Meliphaga analoga | | | Merops ornatus | | | Microeca flavigaster | | | Micropsitta keiensis | | App II | Mino dumontii | | | Monachella muelleriana | | | Motacilla flava | | | Myiagra alecto | | | Nectarinia aspasia | | | Nectarinia jugularis | | | Numenius phaeopus | | | Pachycephala melanura | | | Pandion haliaetus | | App II | Paradisaea minor | | App II | Philemon buceroides | | | Pluvialis dominica | | | Podargus papuensis | | | Probosciger aterrimus | Lower Risk | App I | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | | | Ptilinopus iozonus | | | Rhipidura leucophrys | | | Rhipidura rufiventris | | | Rhyticeros plicatus | | | Seleucidis melanoleuca | | App II | Sterna albifrons | | | Sterna bergii | | | Sterna hirundo | | | Sula leucogaster | | | Tachybaptus ruficollis | | | Tadorna radjah | | | Talegalla jobiensis | | | Tanysiptera galatea | | | Threskiornis aethiopicus | | | Trichoglossus haematodus | | App II | Tringa brevipes | | | Tringa nebularia | | | Tringa stagnatilis | | | Tringa terek | | |
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| List of Mamal (69 species) | |
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Antechinus melanurus | | | Aselliscus tricuspidatus | | | Cervus timorensis | | | Chaerephon jobensis | | | Dactylopsila trivirgata | | | Dasyurus albopunctatus | Vulnerable | | Dendrolagus inustus | Deficient Data | App II | Dendrolagus ursinus | Deficient Data | App II | Distoechurus pennatus | | | Dobsonia minor | Lower Risk | | Dobsonia moluccense | | | Dorcopsis veterum | | | Echymipera kalubu | | | Echymipera rufescens | | | Emballonura beccarii | | | Emballonura furax | Vulnerable | | Emballonura nigrescens | | | Emballonura raffrayana | Lower Risk | | Hipposideros ater | | | Hipposideros calcaratus | | | Hipposideros diadema | | | Hipposideros papua | Vulnerable | | Hipposideros wollastoni | Lower Risk | | Hydromys chrysogaster | | | Leptomys elegans | | | Lorentzimys nouhuysi | | | Macroglossus minimus | | | Melomys levipes | | | Melomys lorentzi | | | Melomys lutillus | | | Melomys platyops | | | Melomys rufescens | | | Miniopterus australis | | | Miniopterus magnater | | | Miniopterus medius | | | Miniopterus tristis | | | Mormopterus beccarii | | | Murexia longicaudata | | | Murina florium | | | Mus musculus | | | Myoictis melas | | | Myotis adversus | | | Nyctimene aello | Rare | | Nyctimene albiventer | | | Nyctimene cyclotis | Lower Risk | | Nyctimene draconilla | Vulnerable | | Paranyctimene raptor | Lower Risk | | Peroryctes raffrayana | | | Petaurus breviceps | | | Phalanger orientalis | | App II | Philetor brachypterus | | | Pipistrellus tenuis | | | Pogonomelomys bruijni | Critically Endengered | | Pogonomys macrourus | | | Pseudocheirus canescens | Deficient Data | | Pteropus conspicillatus | | App II | Pteropus macrotis | Inderteminante | App II | Pteropus neohibernicus | | App II | Rattus nitidus | | | Rattus praetor | | | Rattus rattus | | | Rhinolophus euryotis | | | Rousettus amplexicaudatus | | | Spilocuscus maculatus | | App II | Strigocuscus gymnotis | Deficient Data | | Sus scrofa | | | Syconycteris australis | | | Taphozous saccolaimus | | | Uromys caudimaculatus | | |
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| List of Fish (127 species) | |
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Acanthopagrus berda | | | Acentrogobius caninus | | | Acentrogobius gracilis | | | Acentrogobius janthinopterus | | | Alepes vari | | | Ambassis buruensis | | | Ambassis interrupta | | | Ambassis interruptus | | | Ambassis nalua | | | Anodontostoma chacunda | | | Apogon fasciatus | | | Arius leptaspis | | | Arothron reticularis | | | Arrhamphus sclerolepis | | | Aseraggodes klunzingeri | | | Atule mate | | | Batrachomoeus trispinosus | | | Bostrychus sinensis | | | Brachyamblyopus urolepis | | | Butis butis | | | Butis koilomatodon | | | Carangoides caeruleopinnatus | | | Carangoides hedlandensis | | | Carangoides humerosus | | | Caranx bucculentus | | | Caranx ignobilis | | | Caranx para | | | Carcharhinus brevipinna | | | Carcharhinus limbatus | | | Channa striata | | | Chelonodon patoca | | | Chiloscyllium punctatum | | | Cinetodus froggatti | | | Cynoglossus heterolepis | | | Drepane punctata | | | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | | | Euristhmus nudiceps | | | Eusphyra blochii | | | Glossogobius circumspectus | | | Harpodon transluceus | | | Hephaestus lineatus | | | Himantura uarnak | | | Hippichthys penicillus | | | Johnieops vogleri | | | Johnius amblycephalus | | | Johnius belangerii | | | Johnius weberi | | | Kurtus gulliveri | | | Lagocephalus lunaris | | | Lagocephalus spadiceus | | | Leiognathus bindus | | | Leiognathus equulus | | | Leiognathus splendens | | | Lethrinus nebulosus | | | Liocranium praepositum | | | Liza subviridis | | | Lobotes surinamensis | | | Lutjanus carponotatus | | | Lutjanus johnii | | | Lutjanus malabaricus | | | Megalaspis cordyla | | | Muraenichthys macropterus | | | Nedystoma dayi | | | Nemipterus hexodon | | | Nemipterus peronii | | | Nemipterus virgatus | | | Nibea soldado | | | Omobranchus ferox | | | Omobranchus zebra | | | Ophieleotris aporos | | | Oreochromis mossambicus | | | Oxyeleotris fimbriata | | | Panna microdon | | | Paraplagusia bilineata | | | Parastromateus niger | | | Parioglossus palustris | | | Periophthalmus malaccensis | | | Periophthalmus weberi | | | Plotosus canius | | | Pomadasys argenteus | | | Pomadasys kaakan | | | Pomadasys maculatum | | | Priacanthus tayenus | | | Prionobutis microps | | | Pristis cuspidatus | | | Pristis pristis | Endengered | | Pseudomugil inconspicuus | | | Pseudorhombus arsius | | | Pseudosciaena diacanthus | | | Rastrelliger brachysoma | | | Redigobius bikolanus | | | Redigobius chrysosoma | | | Rhizoprionodon acutus | | | Rhynchostracion nasus | | | Sardinella albella | | | Sardinella melanura | | | Saurida tumbil | | | Scatophagus argus | | | Scolopsis monogramma | | | Scomberoides commersonnianus | | | Scomberoides lysan | | | Scomberoides tala | | | Scomberomorus lineolatus | | | Scomberomorus queenslandicus | | | Secutor ruconius | | | Setipinna tenuifilis | | | Siganus javus | | | Sillago burrus | | | Sillago maculata | | | Sillago sihama | | | Sphyraena obtusata | | | Sphyraena putnamiae | | | Strongylura strongylura | | | Terapon theraps | | | Tetraodon erythrotaenia | | | Thryssa hamiltonii | | | Toxotes chatareus | | | Triacanthus nieuhofi | | | Trichiurus lepturus | | | Ulua mentalis | | | Upeneus sundaicus | | | Upeneus vittatus | | | Uraspis uraspis | | | Valamugil buchanani | | | Zabidius novenmacueatus | | | Zappa confluentus | | | Zenarchopterus buffonis | | |
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| List of Crustaseans (13 species) | |
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Macrophthalmus latreillei | | | Metapenaeus monoceros | | | Mictyris longicarpus | | | Panulirus sp. | | | Parapenaeopsis sculptilis | | | Penaeus indicus | | | Penaeus latisulcatus | | | Penaeus merguiensis | | | Penaeus semisulcatus | | | Scylla serrata | | | Sesarma sp. | | | Uca coarctata | | | Uca seismella | | |
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| List of Mollusk (13 species) | |
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Cassidula sp. | | | Cerithidae sp. | | | Euchelus atratus | | | Littoria lutea | | | Melampus sp. | | | Nassarius dorsatus | | | Naticus gualterianus | | | Nerita planospira | | | Onchodium sp. | | | Polinices tumidus | | | Strombus sp. | | | Syrinx aruanus | | | Telescopium telescopium | | |
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| List of Fish (2 species) | |
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Litoria infrafrenata | | | Rana papua | | |
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| List of Reptile (11 species) | |
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Boiga irregularis | | | Chondropython viridis | | App II | Crocodylus novaeguineae | | App II | Crocodylus porosus | Vulnerable | App II | Enhydrina sp. | | | Hydrophis sp. | | | Hydrosaurus amboinensis | | | Stegonotus modestus | | | Varanus gouldi | | App II | Varanus prasinus | | App II | Varanus sp. | | |
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| List of Vegetation (32 species) | |
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Acanthus ilicifolius | | | Aegialitis annulata | | | Aegiceras corniculatum | | | Avicennia alba | | | Avicennia eucalyptifolia | | | Avicennia marina | | | Avicennia officinalis | | | Bruguiera cylindrica | | | Bruguiera exaristata | | | Bruguiera gymnorhiza | | | Bruguiera parviflora | | | Bruguiera sexangula | | | Cerbera floribunda | | | Cerbera manghas | | | Ceriops decandra | | | Ceriops tagal | | | Cynometra ramiflora | | | Dolichandrone spathacea | | | Excoecaria agallocha | | | Heritiera littoralis | | | Lumnitzera littorea | | | Lumnitzera racemosa | | | Myristica hollrungii | | | Nypa fruticans | | | Pemphis acidula | | | Rhizophora apiculata | | | Rhizophora mucronata | | | Rhizophora stylosa | | | Sonneratia alba | | | Sonneratia caseolaris | | | Xylocarpus granatum | | | Xylocarpus moluccensis | | |
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