Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

Large west-facing bay approximately 15 km wide at its mouth and 22 km long, with coral reefs fringing the northern and southern shores west of 123 Deg 42' E. Head of bay, at north-west corner of Oesau Plain, has the only extensive mudflats of Timor. Approximately 4,000 ha of intertidal mudflats: 1,400 are coastal and daily inundated, lying seaward of fringing mangroves consisting of uniformly very soft mud, with mixed mud/rock along northern edge, and sand/mud, sand headland. 2,600 ha of mudflats lie inland of the mangroves, devoid of vegetation and are inundated only during high spring tides. Crossed by 5 deep tidal creeks, lined with mangrove, with extensive stands at creek mouths. Freshwater drains from most of Oesau Plain between November and March. Shallow freshwater pools cover c.260 ha of inland flats at height of wet season some remaining to the end of April in years of average rainfall. No figures available for mean water depth throughout the year. Pulau Kera in the mouth of the Bay, is a small sandy island with fringing coral reefs and sea grass beds. Max, tidal amplitude at Kupang 2.2m. Predicted tidal amplitude ranged from 0.6m to 2.0m in September 1985. Principal vegetation: Avicennia and Rhizophora. One Avicennia sp. predominates at the edges of coastal mudflats and along tidal creeks. Rhizophora stylosa occurs on scrub-covered embankments behind the oebelo Flat and at Pasir putih. Rhizophora apiculata occurs in monotypic stands at mouths of Beno, Nunkurus and Mulutupi creeks.

Site Location

Teluk Kupang is located on south-west corner of Timor. South shore 10km east of Kupang.

Special Memmo

"It is clear that Kupang Bay is of major importance for migratory waders, and may also be of importance as a wintering area for some species" [INTERWADER Pub. no. 16:13]. P. Andrew observed large flocks (shoresands) of migrating Oriental Pratincole in th

List of Birds (133 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Actitis hypoleucos
Aerodramus fuciphagus
Alcedo atthis
Anas gibberifrons
Anas superciliosa
Anhinga melanogaster	Lower Risk
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Aprosmictus jonquillaceus	Lower Risk	App II
Apus pacificus
Ardea sumatrana	Lower Risk
Ardeola speciosa
Arenaria interpres
Artamus leucorynchus
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides striatus
Cacatua sulphurea	Critically Endengered	App I
Calidris acuminata
Calidris alba
Calidris canutus
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris subminuta
Calidris tenuirostris
Caprimulgus affinis
Casmerodius albus
Cecropis nigricans
Centropus bengalensis
Chalcophaps indica
Charadrius dubius
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius mongolus
Charadrius peronii	Lower Risk
Charadrius ruficapillus
Charadrius veredus
Chlidonias hybridus
Chlidonias leucopterus
Chrysococcyx basalis
Circaetus gallicus		App II
Cisticola juncidis
Coracina novaehollandiae
Coracina personata
Corvus macrorhynchos
Coturnix ypsilophorus
Cyornis hyacinthina
Dicaeum maugei
Dicaeum sanguinolentum
Dicrurus hottentottus
Ducula rosacea
Egretta garzetta
Egretta intermedia
Egretta novaehollandiae
Egretta picata
Esacus magnirostris
Falco longipennis		App II
Falco moluccensis		App II
Ficedula westermanni
Fregata ariel
Fregata minor
Gallinago megala
Gelochelidon nilotica
Geoffroyus geoffroyi		App II
Geopelia maugei
Gerygone inornata
Glareola maldivarum
Halcyon chloris
Halcyon sancta
Haliaeetus leucogaster		App II
Haliastur indus		App II
Heteroscelus brevipes
Himantopus leucocephalus
Hirundo striolata
Hirundo tahitica
Hydroprogne caspia
Lalage sueurii
Lanius schach
Lichmera indistincta
Limicola falcinellus
Limnodromus semipalmatus	Lower Risk
Limosa lapponica
Limosa limosa
Lonchura molucca
Lonchura punctulata
Lonchura quinticolor
Meliphaga reticulata	Lower Risk
Merops ornatus
Merops philippinus
Milvus migrans		App II
Mirafra javanica
Monarcha trivirgatus
Motacilla flava
Myiagra ruficollis
Nectarinia solaris
Ninox novaeseelandiae		App I
Numenius arquata
Numenius madagascariensis	Lower Risk
Numenius minutus
Numenius phaeopus
Nycticorax caledonicus
Pachycephala orpheus	Lower Risk
Pachycephala pectoralis
Padda fuscata	Lower Risk
Pandion haliaetus		App II
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Philemon buceroides
Philemon inornatus	Deficient Data
Phylloscopus borealis
Phylloscopus presbytes
Plegadis falcinellus
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Psitteuteles iris	Vulnerable	App II
Ptilinopus cinctus
Rhipidura rufifrons
Rhipidura rufiventris
Saxicola gutturalis	Lower Risk
Sphecotheres viridis
Stercorarius pomarinus
Sterna albifrons
Sterna bergii
Stiltia isabella
Streptopelia bitorquata
Streptopelia chinensis
Taeniopygia guttata
Treron psittacea	Vulnerable
Trichoglossus euteles		App II
Trichoglossus haematodus		App II
Tringa glareola
Tringa nebularia
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus
Xenus cinereus
Zosterops citrinellus

List of Mamal (1 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Dugong dugon	Vulnerable	App I

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Crustaseans (0 species)

List of Mollusk (0 species)

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Reptile (3 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Chelonia mydas	Endengered	App I
Crocodylus porosus	Vulnerable	App II
Eretmochelys imbricata	Critically Endengered	App I

List of Vegetation (3 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Avicennia sp.
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora stylosa