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Site Description |
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The Tanimbar Islands form the second largest archipelago in south-east Molucca. The largest island is Yamdena, which is surrounded by dozens of smaller ones. At the western coastline of Yamdena there are beach heads fringed by tidal mudflats. Inland there are seasonal swamps. Going further inland, the land remains relatively flat for about 20km and then rises gently for another 20km to form a row of hills. The area contains a delta at the west coast. The forest in the central part of Yamdena is virtually untouched and has great conservation value as one of the few remaining areas of lowland decidous forest in Indonesia. In the delta of Wai Ranarmoje there are extensive mangrove swamps, reaching up to 10km inland. Nypa and Oncosperma characterize the transition zone to freshwater conditions.
Principal vegetation: Mangal communities: Aegiceras corniculatum, Bruguiera, Ceriops, Avicennia, Rhizophora, Nypa fruticans.
Freshwater swamps: Oncosperma sp.
The surrounding islands, particularly Angwarmase Island, is fringed with sandy beaches and coral reefs.
PHPA/Birdlife International (1993) calculated that the proposed Ranarmoye Wildlife Reserve contains 1,865 ha of swamp forest, 6,529 ha mangrove forest, and 12,236 ha coral reefs. |
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Site Location |
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Tanimbar islands is located at the southeast of Maluku. To get to Yamdena Island: Ambon-Tual-Saumlaki (Yamdena island) by plane about 2.5 hours or by ship about 3 days. To get there by boat, catch one of the passenger boats, Bukit Siguntang or Rinjani, from Ambon to Kei (more or less weekly), the Tatamailau from Kei (once a month, 15 hrs), or ferry from Kei (once a week, 30 hours). |
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Special Memmo |
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List of Birds (51 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
Cites |
| Anas gibberifrons |
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| Aplonis crassa |
Lower Risk |
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| Ardea sumatrana |
Lower Risk |
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| Butorides striatus |
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| Cacatua goffini |
Lower Risk |
App I |
| Cettia carolinae |
Lower Risk |
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| Charadrius leschenaultii |
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| Chrysococcyx crassirostris |
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| Dendrocygna guttata |
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| Ducula bicolor |
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| Ducula concinna |
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| Ducula rosacea |
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| Egretta garzetta |
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| Egretta sacra |
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| Eos reticulata |
Lower Risk |
App II |
| Erythrura tricolor |
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| Esacus magnirostris |
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| Fregata ariel |
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| Fregata minor |
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| Gerygone dorsalis |
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| Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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App II |
| Haliastur indus |
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App II |
| Himantopus himantopus |
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| Lichmera squamata |
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| Macropygia magna |
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| Microeca hemixantha |
Lower Risk |
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| Monarcha cinerascens |
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| Monarcha mundus |
Lower Risk |
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| Myiagra ruficollis |
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| Ninox squamipila |
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App I |
| Numenius madagascariensis |
Lower Risk |
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| Nycticorax caledonicus |
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| Oriolus bouroensis |
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| Pachycephala pectoralis |
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| Pandion haliaetus |
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App II |
| Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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| Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| Philemon moluccensis |
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| Pitta elegans |
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| Ptilinopus regina |
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| Ptilinopus wallacii |
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| Rhipidura fuscorufa |
Lower Risk |
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| Rhipidura opistherythra |
Lower Risk |
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| Sula leucogaster |
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| Tadorna radjah |
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| Threskiornis molucca |
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| Tyto sororcula |
Deficient Data |
App II |
| Vanellus miles |
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| Zoothera machiki |
Lower Risk |
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| Zoothera schistacea |
Lower Risk |
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List of Mammals (8 species) |
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| Species |
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| Bubalus bubalis |
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| Dugong dugon |
Vulnerable |
App I |
| Mus musculus |
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| Myotis adversus |
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| Paradoxurus hermaphroditus |
Vulnerable |
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| Phalanger orientalis |
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App II |
| Suncus murinus |
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| Sus scrofa |
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List of Fish (1 species) |
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| Glossogobius giuris |
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List of Crustaceans (0 species) |
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List of Mollusks (0 species) |
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List of Amphibians (0 species) |
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Red Data Book |
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List of Reptiles (6 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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| Chelonia mydas |
Endengered |
App I |
| Crocodylus porosus |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Eretmochelys imbricata |
Critically Endengered |
App I |
| Hydrophis mertoni |
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| Lygosoma sp. |
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| Varanus sp. |
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List of Vegetations (30 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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| Acanthus ilicifolius |
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| Acrostichum aureum |
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| Aegiceras corniculatum |
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| Avicennia sp. |
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| Barringtonia asiatica |
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| Bruguiera gymnorhiza |
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| Bruguiera parviflora |
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| Bruguiera sexangula |
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| Bruguiera sp. |
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| Calophyllum inophyllum |
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| Camptostemon schultzii |
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| Cerbera manghas |
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| Ceriops sp. |
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| Ceriops tagal |
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| Cocos nucifera |
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| Dolichandrone spathacea |
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| Excoecaria agallocha |
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| Heritiera littoralis |
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| Hibiscus tiliaceus |
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| Lumnitzera littorea |
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| Nypa fruticans |
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| Oncosperma sp. |
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| Osbornia octodonta |
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| Pandanus tectorius |
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| Rhizophora apiculata |
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| Rhizophora sp. |
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| Rhizophora stylosa |
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| Sonneratia alba |
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| Xylocarpus granatum |
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| Xylocarpus moluccensis |
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