West Bali National Park (Indonesian: ''Taman Nasional Bali Barat'') is a national park located in

Buleleng Regency Buleleng ( ban, ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬩᬸᬮᭂᬮᭂᬂ, Kabupatén Buléléng) is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,365.88 km2 and population of 624,125 at the 2010 census and 791,910 at the 2020 cen ...

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

, Indonesia. The park covers around , of which are land and the remainder is sea. This is approximately 3% of Bali's total land area. To the north, it includes a long beach, reef and islets. A seaport at Gilimanuk is west of the park, and the village of Goris is to the east. The National Park can be reached by roads from Gilimanuk and Singaraja, or by using ferries from Ketapang, East Java. There are several habitats in the national park, a savanna, mangroves, montane and mixed- monsoon forests, and coral islands. The center of the park is dominated by remnants of four volcanic mountains from Pleistocene era, with Gunung Patas at its highest elevation.

Flora and fauna

Some 160 animal species can be found inside the park. Mammals include the

banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...

, rusa deer, Indian muntjac, Javan lutung, wild boar, large flying fox and leopard cat. Birds include

crested serpent-eagle The crested serpent eagle (''Spilornis cheela'') is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia, there are considera ...

milky stork The milky stork (''Mycteria cinerea'') is a stork species found predominantly in coastal mangroves around parts of Southeast Asia. It is native to parts of Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. They were once part of the genus Ibis, but is c ...

, savanna nightjar, barn swallow, Pacific swallow, red-rumped swallow, crested treeswift, dollarbird,

black-naped oriole The black-naped oriole (''Oriolus chinensis'') is a passerine bird in the oriole family that is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within the wide distribution range of this species and in the past the slende ...

, Java sparrow, lesser adjutant, long-tailed shrike, black racket-tailed treepie, sacred kingfisher, stork-billed kingfisher,

yellow-vented bulbul The yellow-vented bulbul (''Pycnonotus goiavier''), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines. It is found in a wide vari ...

and the critically endangered

Bali myna The Bali myna (''Leucopsar rothschildi''), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tip ...

. Reptiles include hawksbill turtle and water monitor. In June 2011, West Bali National Park received forty Bali mynas released from

Surabaya Zoo Surabaya Zoo ( id, Kebun Binatang Surabaya; sometimes abbreviated as ''KBS'' and ), is a zoo located in the city of Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia. History Surabaya Zoo was established by decree of the Governor General of the Netherlands ...

and twenty from Taman Safari Indonesia."Surabaya zoo releases 40 endangered birds into Bali national park"
Waspada Online, 18 June 2011 Plant species known to grow in this national park include: '' Pterospermum diversifolium'', '' Antidesma bunius'', '' Lagerstroemia speciosa'', '' Steleochocarpus burahol'', '' Santalum album'', '' Aleurites moluccanus'', '' Sterculia foetida'', '' Schleichera oleosa'', ''

Dipterocarpus hasseltii ''Dipterocarpus hasseltii'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. This large tree occurs in lowland dipterocarp forest and is cut for keruing timber. It is found in Indonesia (Bali, Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, ...

'', '' Garcinia dulcis'', ''

Alstonia scholaris ''Alstonia scholaris'', commonly called blackboard tree, Scholar Tree, Milkwood or devil's tree in English, is an evergreen tropical tree in the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae). It is native to southern China, tropical Asia (mainly the Indian subcon ...

'', '' Manilkara kauki'', '' Dalbergia latifolia'' and '' Cassia fistula''.

Extinct

* The last Bali tigers were positively recorded in western Bali in the 1930s.

Gallery

File:West Bali National Park Map.png, Map of West Bali National Park File:Menjangan from west.jpg, Menjangan Island File:Bali Barat mangroves.jpg, Mangroves in the West Bali National Park File:Bali tiger zanveld.jpg, A Bali tiger which was killed by M. Zanveld, in the 1920s

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* {{authority control National parks of Indonesia Geography of Bali Tourist attractions in Bali

Flora and fauna

Extinct

See also

Gallery

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