Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

Meru Betiri is one of the most valuable reserves in Java. It includes one of the last extensive areas of lowland rain forest of Java, as well as mangrove, lowland swamp forest and beach formations. Wildlife is very varied and numerous. It may still hold the last individuals of the Java Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica). It includes 29 species of mammals and 180 bied species. There are sandy beaches which are used by turtles for nesting. Most of the area is relatively flat, particularly near the beach. There are 5 principal vegetation types (Van Steenis, 1965): lowland forest (15%) sub montane forest (80%) riverine forest (3%) swamp forest (1%) and mangrove swamp (1%). Principal vegetation: Mangal communities including Rhizophora sp., Avicennia sp., Bruguiera sp., Sonneratia sp.

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List of Birds (134 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Abroscopus superciliaris
Accipiter trivirgatus		App II
Actitis hypoleucos
Aegithina tiphia
Alcedo euryzona	Vulnerable
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Anthracoceros convexus		App II
Anthreptes malacensis
Anthreptes singalensis
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Aplonis minor
Aplonis panayensis
Apus affinis
Arachnothera affinis
Arachnothera longirostra
Ardea purpurea
Ardea sumatrana	Lower Risk
Ardeola speciosa
Artamus leucorhynchus
Buceros rhinoceros		App II
Butorides striatus
Cacomantis merulinus
Cacomantis sonneratii
Cacomantis variolosus
Caprimulgus macrurus
Centropus bengalensis
Centropus nigrorufus	Vulnerable
Centropus sinensis
Chloropsis cochinchinensis
Chloropsis sonnerati
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Ciconia episcopus
Cisticola exilis
Collocalia esculenta
Collocalia fuciphaga
Collocalia gigas	Lower Risk
Copsychus malabaricus
Copsychus saularis
Corvus enca
Criniger bres
Crocethia alba
Cyornis banyumas
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Dendrocopos macei
Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Dicaeum trigonostigma
Dicaeum trochileum
Dicrurus macrocercus
Dicrurus paradiseus
Dryocopus javensis
Egretta alba
Egretta intermedia
Egretta sacra
Enicurus leschenaulti
Esacus magnirostris
Eudynamis scolopacea
Eurylaimus javanicus
Falco moluccensis		App II
Gallus gallus
Gallus varius
Geopelia striata
Glaucidium castanopterum		App II
Gracula religiosa
Halcyon chloris
Halcyon cyanoventris
Haliaeetus leucogaster		App II
Harpactes oreskios
Hemicircus concretus
Hemiprocne longipennis
Hemipus hirundinaceus
Hieraaetus kienerii		App II
Hirundo tahitica
Hypothymis azurea
Ictinaetus malayensis		App II
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Lacedo pulchella
Lalage nigra
Lanius schach
Lonchura leucogastra
Lonchura malacca
Macropygia phasianella
Megalaima australis
Megalaima haemacephala
Megalaima javensis	Lower Risk
Megalurus palustris
Merops leschenaulti
Myophonus caeruleus
Napothera macrodactyla	Lower Risk
Nectarinia jugularis
Oceanodroma monorhis
Oriolus chinensis
Oriolus xanthonotus
Orthotomus ruficeps
Otus bakkamoena		App II
Padda oryzivora	Vulnerable
Pandion haliaetus		App II
Parus major
Passer montanus
Pavo muticus	Vulnerable	App II
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Pericrocotus flammeus
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Phaenicophaeus javanicus
Philentoma velatum
Pitta guajana		App II
Platylophus galericulatus
Ploceus manyar
Prinia familiaris
Psittacula alexandri		App II
Ptilinopus melanospila
Pycnonotus atriceps
Pycnonotus aurigaster
Pycnonotus goiavier
Pycnonotus melanicterus
Pycnonotus simplex
Raphidura leucopygialis
Rhipidura javanica
Rhyticeros undulatus
Saxicola caprata
Spilornis cheela		App II
Spizaetus cirrhatus		App II
Spizaetus nipalensis		App II
Stachyris melanothorax
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna dougallii
Sterna sumatrana
Streptopelia chinensis
Sturnus melanopterus	Lower Risk
Sula leucogaster
Surniculus lugubris
Terpsiphone paradisi
Treron pompadora
Trichastoma sepiarium
Turnix suscitator

List of Mamal (17 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Aonyx cinerea	Lower Risk	App II
Bos javanicus	Endengered
Cervus timorensis
Felis viverrinus	Lower Risk	App II
Hystrix brachyura	Vulnerable
Hystrix javanica
Macaca fascicularis	Lower Risk	App II
Manis javanica	Lower Risk	App II
Muntiacus muntjak
Panthera pardus	Endengered	App I
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	Vulnerable
Presbytis comata	Endengered	App II
Pteropus vampyrus		App II
Ratufa bicolor		App II
Rhinoceros sondaicus	Critically Endengered	App I
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 (1 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Bufo sp.

List of Reptile (10 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Caretta caretta	Endengered	App I
Chelonia mydas	Endengered	App I
Dermochelys coriacea	Critically Endengered	App I
Eretmochelys imbricata	Critically Endengered	App I
Lepidochelys olivaceae	Endengered	App I
Mabuya sp.
Python bivittatus	Lower Risk	App II
Python reticulatus		App II
Varanus salvator		App II
Varanus sp.

List of Vegetation (4 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Avicennia sp.
Bruguiera sp.
Rhizophora sp.
Sonneratia sp.