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 is located in East Timor
Fatumasin
Fatumasin
Location in East Timor
Highest point
Elevation1,369 m (4,491 ft)[1]
Coordinates08°40′00″S 125°22′00″E / 8.66667°S 125.36667°E / -8.66667; 125.36667
Geography
LocationLiquiçá 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
  1. ^ a b c "Fatumasin". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2014. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2014-03-21.