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Site Description |
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A tiny offshore coral island with beach vegetation. It is known to be of importance to birds and has nesting beaches and feeding areas for turtles.
A reef flat extends to 200 m off the island at the south-east side of the island. During the 1997 survey (WIBOWO, 1997), the coral reef condition is in good condition with live coral cover estimates at 70-90%. No indication of coral bombing occur.
fauna: Sea Turtles.
Plant communities in adjacent areas: Beach vegetation and mangrove |
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Site Location |
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Birah-birahan island is located about 15 km off the Manubar gulf, at the south coast of Sangkulirang peninsula, East Kalimantan.
To get to the island, one can travel from Samarinda to Sangkulirang by boat or by car (8 hours distance). From Sangkulirang, one can use boat to get to the island (1 hour distance). |
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Special Memmo |
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Birah-birahan island is one of the small coral island at south of Sangkulirang peninsula. |
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List of Birds (6 species) |
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Charadrius veredus |
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Egretta alba |
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Egretta intermedia |
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Numenius phaeopus |
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Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Plegadis falcinellus |
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List of Mammals (0 species) |
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List of Fish (1 species) |
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Cephalopholis miniatus |
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List of Crustaceans (0 species) |
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List of Mollusks (3 species) |
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Nautilus pompilius |
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Tridacna maxima |
Lower Risk |
App II |
Tridacna squamosa |
Lower Risk |
App II |
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List of Amphibians (0 species) |
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List of Reptiles (2 species) |
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Chelonia mydas |
Endengered |
App I |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
Critically Endengered |
App I |
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List of Vegetations (15 species) |
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Avicennia sp. |
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Barringtonia asiatica |
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Bruguiera sp. |
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Crinum asiaticum |
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Enhalus sp. |
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Erythrina variegata |
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Hibiscus tiliaceus |
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Ipomoea pescaprae |
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Pandanus sp. |
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Pemphis acidula |
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Rhizophora sp. |
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Sonneratia sp. |
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Terminalia catappa |
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Thalassia sp. |
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Wedelia biflora |
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