The Loré Important Bird Area is a 10,906 ha tract of land in
East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of
Timor in the
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...
of
Wallacea. It forms the south-westernmost part of the
Nino Konis Santana National Park.
Description
The IBA encompasses the vicinity of the village of Loré on the southern coast of the
Lautém District. In elevation it ranges from sea level to about 500 m. It contains several
plant communities including tropical, lowland
evergreen forest,
tropical dry forest and moist
deciduous forest,
mangroves, and coastal strand vegetation, forming the largest assemblage of such habitats on the island. It is surrounded by
teak plantations,
rice paddies and
shifting cultivation.
Birds
The site has been identified by
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding ...
as an
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
because it supports significant populations of
bar-necked cuckoo-dove The bar-necked cuckoo-dove, also called the dusky cuckoo-dove was split into the following species in 2016. The name "bar-necked cuckoo-dove" remains valid when used to describe the ''Macropygia magna'' species complex as all of its members have bar ...
s,
black cuckoo-dove
The black cuckoo-dove (''Turacoena modesta''), also known as the slaty cuckoo-dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands, being found on Timor, Wetar, Rote, and Atauro. It inhabits primary a ...
s,
Timor green pigeon
The Timor green pigeon (''Treron psittaceus'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on the islands of Rote and Timor. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
...
s,
pink-headed imperial pigeon
The pink-headed imperial pigeon (''Ducula rosacea'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical man ...
s,
yellow-crested cockatoo
The yellow-crested cockatoo (''Cacatua sulphurea'') also known as the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo, is a medium-sized (about 34-cm-long) cockatoo with white plumage, bluish-white bare orbital skin, grey feet, a black bill, and a retractile y ...
s,
jonquil parrot
The jonquil parrot or olive-shouldered parrot (''Aprosmictus jonquillaceus'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in forest, woodland and acacia savanna on the islands of Roti, Timor and Wetar. It is fairly common, but ...
s,
cinnamon-banded kingfishers,
streak-breasted honeyeater
The streak-breasted honeyeater or streaky-breasted honeyeater (''Territornis reticulata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subt ...
s,
Timor friarbird
The Timor friarbird or plain friarbird (''Philemon inornatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land dominated b ...
s,
flame-eared honeyeaters,
black-breasted myzomela
The black-breasted myzomela or red-rumped myzomela (''Myzomela vulnerata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is found on Timor island.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of lan ...
s,
plain gerygone
The plain gerygone (''Gerygone inornata'') is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found on the islands of Wetar and Timor. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangro ...
s,
fawn-breasted whistler
The fawn-breasted whistler (''Pachycephala orpheus'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.
It is found on the islands of Timor and Wetar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
A forest is an ...
s,
green figbirds,
olive-brown oriole Olive-brown oriole has been split into the following species:
* Timor oriole, ''Oriolus melanotis''
* Wetar oriole, ''Oriolus finschi''
Birds by common name
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