Paitchau
Paitchau | |
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Gunung Paitchau | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 960 m (3,150 ft) |
Coordinates | 8°30′17″S 127°09′52″E / 8.504722°S 127.164444°E |
Geography | |
Location | Lautém District, East Timor |
Paitchau (also Gunung Paitchau, or Paitchao, or Paitxau; locally, Pai Tekau Ile) is a mountain in the
Geography
Paitchau is a sharp peak, prominent from the southwest.
Flora and fauna
Paitchau is characterized by tropical moist deciduous lowland forest and tropical mixed evergreen forest. There is swamp land around Ira Lalaro. Paitchau is said to contain "the best remaining 'primary’ forest" in the country.[8]
Fauna
- Avifauna
There are 24 restricted-range species (listed below) in the Important Bird Area which includes the endangered
- Critically endangered
- Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
- Endangered
- Timor green-pigeon(Treron psittaceus)
- Near threatened
- Slaty cuckoo-dove(Turacoena modesta)
- Pink-headed imperial-pigeon(Ducula rosacea)
- Spot-breasted white-eye(Heleia muelleri)
- Orange-banded thrush(Zoothera peronii)
- White-bellied bushchat(Saxicola gutturalis)
- Black-banded flycatcher (Ficedula timorensis)
- Olive-shouldered parrot(Aprosmictus jonquillaceus)
- Cinnamon-banded kingfisher (Todiramphus australasia)
- Least concern
- Dusky cuckoo-dove(Macropygia magna)
- Streaky-breasted honeyeater(Meliphaga reticulata)
- Plain friarbird(Philemon inornatu)
- Yellow-eared honeyeater(Lichmera flavicans)
- Red-rumped myzomela(Myzomela vulnerata)
- Plain gerygone (Gerygone inornata)
- Fawn-breasted whistler (Pachycephala orpheus)
- Timor figbird(Sphecotheres viridis)
- Olive-brown oriole (Oriolus melanotis)
- Timor stubtail (Urosphena subulata)
- Timor leaf-warbler(Phylloscopus presbytes)
- Timor blue-flycatcher(Cyornis hyacinthinus)
- Red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei)
- Flame-breasted sunbird (Nectarinia solaris)
- Tricoloured parrotfinch(Erythrura tricolor)
References
- ^ World Birdwatch. International Council for bird Presentation. 2004. pp. 2–.
- ^ a b c "Important Bird Areas in Timor-Leste". TL07 Mount Paitchau and Iralalaro. Birdlife International Organization. p. 54. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ Tiwary & Choudhary 2009, p. 266.
- ^ Hydrographic Dept 1983, p. 185.
- ^ Bird 2010, p. 1172.
- ^ Miksic, Goh & O'Connor 2011, pp. 39–40.
- ^ Curso de geologia do Ultramar (in Spanish). Junta de Investigações do Ultramar. 1968. pp. 120, 122.
- ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Monte Paitchau (proposed Conis Santana National Park)". BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
Bibliography
- Bird, Eric (2010). Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-8638-0.
- Hydrographic Dept (1983). Indonesia pilot. Great Britain. Hydrographer of the Navy.
- ISBN 978-0-85728-389-4.
- Tiwary, Shiv Shanker; Choudhary, P.S. (1 January 2009). Encyclopaedia Of Southeast Asia And Its Tribes (Set Of 3 Vols.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-261-3837-1.