Site Name : PULAU BAKUNG, INCLUDING TANJUNG BAKUNG
    Centerpoint
Latitude :
0 19 3 S Logitude : 103 33 50
Altitude :
0 to 5 metres
Area :
40000 ha Wetlands: 0 ha
Status : Protected forest area
Legislation : SK HPH No 142/Kpts/Um/3/1978
Tenure : Government of Indonesia, Department of Forestry
Province :  
  Site Description  
  A promontory of Pulau Bakung, Tanjung Bakung consists of large areas of mudflat, primary mangrove forest, and several small lakes. The extremity of this promontory is accreting very rapidly. Tidal mudflats comprise very unripe clay sediment more than 1.5 m deep in places. Local villagers report breeding colonies of storks and egrets at the mangrove lakes.  
  Site Location  
  Pulau Burung is situated off the east coast of Sumatra, on the eastern side of Pulau Basu, east of Tembilahan.  
  Special Memmo  
  Pulau Bakung is important migrant area for wader birds (more than 10000 wader bird visit this place every seasons). This place also important place for Mycteria cinerea & Leptoptilos javanicus)  
  List of Birds (45 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Actitis hypoleucos
Alcedo atthis
Alcedo meninting
Apus affinis
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Ardea sumatrana Lower Risk
Butorides striatus
Calidris ferruginea
Casmerodius albus
Centropus bengalensis
Charadrius mongolus
Chlidonias hybridus
Collocalia esculenta
Criniger phaeocephalus
Egretta alba
Egretta garzetta
Egretta intermedia
Eurystomus orientalis
Halcyon chloris
Halcyon pileata
Haliaeetus leucogaster App II
Haliastur indus App II
Ictinaetus malayensis App II
Ixobrychus sinensis
Leptoptilos javanicus Vulnerable
Limnodromus semipalmatus Lower Risk
Limosa lapponica
Limosa limosa
Merops philippinus
Mycteria cinerea Vulnerable App I
Numenius arquata
Numenius phaeopus
Orthotomus ruficeps
Pelargopsis capensis
Psittacula longicauda App II
Pycnonotus goiavier
Pycnonotus simplex
Rhipidura javanica
Spilornis cheela App II
Sterna albifrons
Sterna hirundo
Threskiornis melanocephalus Lower Risk
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus
  List of Mammals (6 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Macaca fascicularis Lower Risk App II
Panthera tigris Endengered App I
Prionodon linsang App II
Pteropus vampyrus App II
Sus scrofa
Trachypithecus cristatus Lower Risk App II
 
  List of Fish (6 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Belontia hasselti
Channa striata
Clarias batrachus
Mystus micracanthus
Mystus nemurus
Trichogaster trichopterus
  List of Crustaceans (0 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
  List of Mollusks (0 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
  List of Amphibians (0 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
  List of Reptiles (8 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Boiga dendrophila
Cerberus rhynchops
Crocodylus porosus Vulnerable App II
Hemidactylus frenatus
Mabuya multifasciata
Python reticulatus App II
Tomistoma schlegelii Deficient Data App I
Varanus salvator App II
  List of Vegetations (59 species)  
 
Species Red Data Book Cites
Acanthus ilicifolius
Acrostichum aureum
Acrostichum speciosum
Aegiceras corniculatum
Alstonia pneumatophora
Asplenium nidus
Avicennia alba
Blechnum indicum
Bruguiera cylindrica
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
Bruguiera parviflora
Campnosperma auriculata
Caryota mitis
Cayratia trifolia
Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Cerbera odollam
Crinum asiaticum
Cryptocoryne ciliata
Cyperus kyllingia
Cyperus malaccensis
Cyrtostachys lakka
Dillenia sp.
Drynaria sparsisora
Dryopteris gongylodes
Echinochloa stagnina
Eugenia sp.
Eugenia spicata
Fagraea crenulata
Ficus sp.
Fimbristylis miliacea
Flagellaria indica
Gonystylus bancanus
Hypolytrum nemorum
Lemna perpusilla
Licuala sp.
Lygodium microphyllum
Melastoma malabathricum
Melastoma sp.
Mikania micrantha
Mimosa pigra
Nepenthes mirabilis
Nypa fruticans
Oncosperma tigillarium
Pistia stratiotes
Platycerium coronarium
Pluchea indica
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora mucronata
Scleria sumatrana
Sonneratia alba
Sonneratia caseolaris
Stenochlaena palustris
Thespesia populnea
Timonius flavescens
Utricularia aurea
Utricularia punctata
Viscum orientalis
Xylocarpus granatum