Birds
Numenius phaeopus
Gajahan penggala
A migratory shorebird with a long, curved bill that stops over to feed on the former fish ponds on migration.
Numenius phaeopus (Gajahan penggala) is a bird of the family Scolopacidae recorded in the biodiversity baseline study of CMBR Lembung Paseser. It is one of the migratory birds recorded here; the reserve serves as a stopover site on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (EAAF).
It is one of 76 species in the group “Birds” recorded in the reserve, and one of 4 species of the family Scolopacidae. It is a protected species in Indonesia under Ministerial Regulation P.106/2018, so it may not be caught, kept or traded without a permit.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Numenius phaeopus
- Indonesian name
- Gajahan penggala
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Group
- Birds
- Recorded by
- Inventory and walk survey
Conservation status
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- National protection
- Protected (Ministerial Regulation P.106/2018)
- Migration
- Migratory species
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