Fatumasin is a mountain in the district of Liquiçá in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea. The surrounding forest is called Hutan Gunung Maelulu in Indonesian. It is a 13,618 ha mountain forest (or forested mountain) and forms one of the country's Important Bird Areas.
| Fatumasin | |
|---|---|
| Gunung Maelulu | |
  Fatumasin Location in East Timor | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,369 m (4,491 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 08°40′00″S 125°22′00″E / 8.66667°S 125.36667°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Liquiçá District, East Timor |
Description edit
The mountain stands about 26 km south-west of the national capital of Dili. The forest ranges in elevation from about 800 m upwards to the 1369 m summit. The underlying rocks are non-calcareous and the forest is considered to be more species-rich than most others on the island.[1]
Birds edit
The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of bar-necked cuckoo-doves, pink-headed imperial pigeons, yellow-crested cockatoos, jonquil parrots, streak-breasted honeyeaters, Timor friarbirds, black-breasted myzomelas, plain gerygones, fawn-breasted whistlers, green figbirds, olive-brown orioles, Timor stubtails, Timor leaf warblers, orange-sided thrushes, Timor blue flycatchers, blue-cheeked flowerpeckers and flame-breasted sunbirds.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Fatumasin". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2014. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
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