Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

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 Mamal (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 Crustaseans (0 species)

List of Mollusk (0 species)

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Reptile (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 Vegetation (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