Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

This very large river delta comprises some of the most extensive mangrove forests of Sumatra with intact transitions to freshwater and peat swamp forests. Along the coast lay vast mudflat areas, some more than 1 mile wide at low tide. There are few large coastal villages; very characteristic of the area are the many pole villages built in front of the coast on the mudflats. A large part of the swamp forest has already been felled. Principal vegetation: Mangrove forests. More than 30 species are known to occur. The main species are: Rhizophora mucronata, R.apiculata, Avicennia alba, A.marina, Sonneratia alba, S.acida, Ceriops tagal, Ceriops candoleana, Xylocarpus sp. There are also some extensive Nypa swamps.

Site Location

This coastal site incorporates much of the area between the Banyuasin and the Buluranriding rivers and extends south towards the provincial city of Palembang. It is part of the coastal swampland forming a continuous belt along the east coast of Sumatra.

Special Memmo

The mangrove forest serves as an important breeding and nursery area for many sea-fish and prawn/shrimp species. The mudflats may have a high potential for cockle industry. The area is one of the richest areas in Crustacean species of Indonesia. The mang

List of Birds (65 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Actitis hypoleucos
Alcedo meninting
Anas gibberifrons
Anas gracilis
Anhinga melanogaster	Lower Risk
Apus affinis
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Ardea sumatrana	Lower Risk
Ardeola speciosa
Arenaria interpres
Butorides striatus
Calidris alba
Calidris canutus
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris tenuirostris
Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius mongolus
Charadrius squatarola
Chlidonias hybridus
Chlidonias leucopterus
Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Collocalia esculenta
Dendrocygna javanica
Egretta alba
Egretta eulophotes	Endengered
Egretta garzetta
Egretta intermedia
Egretta sacra
Gelochelidon nilotica
Halcyon chloris
Haliaeetus leucogaster		App II
Haliastur indus		App II
Hirundo rustica
Hirundo tahitica
Hydroprogne caspia
Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus	Lower Risk	App II
Leptoptilos javanicus	Vulnerable
Limicola falcinellus
Limnodromus semipalmatus	Lower Risk
Limosa lapponica
Limosa limosa
Merops philippinus
Mycteria cinerea	Vulnerable	App I
Numenius arquata
Numenius madagascariensis	Lower Risk
Numenius phaeopus
Passer montanus
Pelecanus philippensis	Vulnerable
Pluvialis dominica
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Sterna albifrons
Sterna bengalensis
Sterna bergii
Sterna hirundo
Threskiornis melanocephalus	Lower Risk
Tringa guttifer	Endengered	App I
Tringa nebularia
Tringa ochropus
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus
Xenus cinereus

List of Mamal (10 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Cervus unicolor
Cynogale benettii	Endengered	App II
Felis bengalensis		App I
Lutra lutra		App I
Macaca fascicularis	Lower Risk	App II
Macaca nemestrina	Vulnerable	App II
Panthera tigris	Endengered	App I
Sus barbatus	Lower Risk
Sus scrofa
Trachypithecus cristatus	Lower Risk	App II

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Crustaseans (0 species)

List of Mollusk (0 species)

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Reptile (2 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Chitra indica	Critically Endengered
Crocodylus porosus	Vulnerable	App II

List of Vegetation (10 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Avicennia alba
Avicennia marina
Ceriops candolleana
Ceriops tagal
Nypa sp.
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora mucronata
Sonneratia acida
Sonneratia alba
Xylocarpus sp.