Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

The proposed Wildlife Reserve, situated between the rivers Banyuasin, Marang and Benu, forms part of the vast coastal swamp lands of eastern Sumatra. An up to 35 km wide belt of mangrove fringes the sea and the extensive estuary system, covering a total of 140,000 ha. Inland, primary freshwater swamp forest and peat swamp forest cover an area of 110,000 ha, forming a natural corridor to the Berbak Game Reserve in Jambi province.

Site Location

The proposed Wildlife Reserve is situated in the north eastern corner of South Sumatra province between the rivers Banyuasin, Air Lalang, Merang and Benu at 3 50' - 2 20' N and 104 - 105 E. It is within three hours reach by speedboat from Palembang.

Special Memmo

The proposed reserve is among the most complex, diverse and biologically productive swamp ecosystems in the world (Danielsen and Verheugt, 1990). This site has been proposed as a protected area due to its high floral and faunal biodiversity, its large

List of Birds (143 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Aceros corrugatus	Vulnerable
Acridotheres tristis
Actitis hypoleucos
Aegithina tiphia
Aethopyga siparaja
Alcedo coerulescens
Alcedo meninting
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Anas gibberifrons
Anhinga melanogaster	Lower Risk
Anthracoceros albirostris		App II
Anthreptes malacensis
Anthreptes rhodolaema
Anthreptes simplex
Aquila clanga	Vulnerable	App. II
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Ardea sumatrana	Lower Risk
Ardeola speciosa
Arenaria interpres
Artamus leucorhynchus
Bubulcus ibis
Buceros vigil	Insufficiently Know	App I
Butorides striatus
Cacomantis sepulcralis
Cairina scutulata	Endengered	App I
Calidris canutus
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris tenuirostris
Calorhamphus fuliginosus
Caprimulgus affinis
Caprimulgus macrurus
Casmerodius albus
Centropus bengalensis
Centropus sinensis
Ceyx rufidorsa
Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius mongolus
Chlidonias hybridus
Chlidonias leucopterus
Chloropsis sonnerati
Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Ciconia stormi	Endengered
Collocalia esculenta
Collocalia fuciphaga
Collocalia maxima
Copsychus malabaricus
Copsychus saularis
Corvus enca
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Cyornis rufigastra
Dendrocopos moluccensis
Dendrocygna javanica
Dicaeum trochileum
Dicrurus annectans
Dicrurus paradiseus
Dinopium javanense
Dinopium rafflesii
Dryocopus javensis
Ducula aenea
Ducula bicolor
Egretta alba
Egretta eulophotes	Endengered
Egretta garzetta
Egretta sacra
Eudynamys scolopacea
Eurylaimus javanicus
Eurystomus orientalis
Gelochelidon nilotica
Gerygone sulphurea
Gracula religiosa
Halcyon chloris
Halcyon coromanda
Halcyon smyrnensis
Haliaeetus leucogaster		App II
Haliastur indus		App II
Hemiprocne comata
Hemiprocne longipennis
Hirundo rustica
Hirundo tahitica
Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus	Lower Risk	App II
Ketupa ketupu		App II
Leptoptilos javanicus	Vulnerable
Limnodromus semipalmatus	Lower Risk
Limosa lapponica
Limosa limosa
Loriculus galgulus		App II
Megalaima australis
Merops leschenaulti
Merops philippinus
Mesophoyx intermedia
Microhierax fringillarius		App II
Mycteria cinerea	Vulnerable	App I
Nectarinia calcostetha
Nectarinia jugularis
Nectarinia sperata
Numenius arquata
Numenius madagascariensis	Lower Risk
Numenius phaeopus
Oriolus chinensis
Orthotomus ruficeps
Pachycephala grisola
Passer montanus
Pelargopsis capensis
Pelecanus philippensis	Vulnerable
Pericrocotus igneus
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Picoides moluccensis
Picus miniaceus
Plegadis falcinellus
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Prinia familiaris
Prinia flaviventris
Psittacula longicauda		App II
Pycnonotus goiavier
Pycnonotus plumosus
Pycnonotus simplex
Rhipidura javanica
Sitta frontalis
Spilornis cheela		App II
Spizaetus cirrhatus		App II
Sterna albifrons
Sterna bergii
Sterna caspia
Sterna dougallii
Sterna hirundo
Streptopelia chinensis
Threskiornis melanocephalus	Lower Risk
Treron vernans
Trichastoma abbotti
Trichastoma bicolor	Lower Risk
Trichastoma malaccense
Trichastoma rostratum	Lower Risk
Tringa guttifer	Endengered	App I
Tringa hypoleucos
Tringa nebularia
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus
Xenus cinereus
Zosterops palpebrosus

List of Mamal (31 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Aonyx cinerea	Lower Risk	App II
Callosciurus notatus
Callosciurus prevostii
Cervus unicolor
Cynogale benettii	Endengered	App II
Elephas maximus	Endengered	App I
Felis bengalensis		App I
Felis viverrinus	Lower Risk	App II
Helarctos malayanus	Deficient Data	App I
Hylobates agilis	Lower Risk	App I
Lutra lutra		App I
Macaca fascicularis	Lower Risk	App II
Macaca nemestrina	Vulnerable	App II
Muntiacus muntjak
Neofelis nebulosa	Vulnerable	App I
Neophocaena phocaenoides	Deficient Data	App II
Orcaella brevirostris	Deficient Data	App II
Panthera tigris	Endengered	App I
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	Vulnerable
Pteropus vampyrus		App II
Rhinolophus trifoliatus
Sousa chinensis	Deficient Data	App I
Sundamys muelleri
Sundasciurus lowii
Sus barbatus	Lower Risk
Sus scrofa
Symphalangus syndactylus	Lower Risk	App I
Tapirus indicus	Vulnerable	App I
Trachypithecus cristatus	Lower Risk	App II
Tragulus javanicus
Tragulus napu

List of Fish (25 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Anabas testudineus
Butis humeralis
Channa micropeltes
Channa pleurophthalmus
Drepane punctata
Epinephelus coioides
Helostoma temminckii
Hemiarius stormii
Johnius belangerii
Lagusia micracanthus
Lates calcarifer
Lobotes surinamensis
Monodactylus argenteus
Monopterus albus
Oligolepis acutipennis
Ophiocara porocephala
Pangasius micronema
Panna microdon
Plotosus canius
Plotosus lineatus
Pomadasys argenteus
Scatophagus argus
Sphyraena barracuda
Tetraodon biocellatus
Toxotes jaculator

List of Crustaseans (0 species)

List of Mollusk (0 species)

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Reptile (19 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Acrochordus javanicus
Amyda cartilaginea
Boiga dendrophila
Cerberus rynchops
Crocodylus porosus	Vulnerable	App II
Cuora amboinensis
Draco sp.
Fordonia leucobalia
Gekko gekko
Gekko sp.
Laticauda colubrina
Mabuya multifasciata
Ophiophagus hannah		App II
Orlitia borneensis
Pareas sp.
Python reticulatus		App II
Tomistoma schlegelii	Deficient Data	App I
Varanus salvator		App II
Varanus sp.

List of Vegetation (0 species)