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Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan Photo 3.3: A Camera-trapped Black Panther A preliminary survey of bats was also conducted at two caves in the Gua Ikan group of caves at Dabong. Mist-netting and roosting surveys were carried out at two caves, Gua Ikan and Gua Setol and it was observed that Gua Ikan is a roosting site of the cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea) and while at Gua Setol, a population of several thousands of the leafnosed insect bat (Hipposideros spp.) were roosting (Wong, 2005). WWF-Malaysia/Mark Rayan Photo 3.4: Entrance to Gua Setol WWF-Malaysia/N.M. Maseri 3.5.2 Avifauna A preliminary bird survey was commissioned by WWF-Malaysia under this project and conducted in June 2005 (Chong, 2005), covering the extant habitats of GSSP that consists of lowland dipterocarp forest, hill dipterocarp forest, oak-laurel forest, sub-montane, and 38
Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan montane forests. The results of this survey were combined with that from a bird survey conducted by during the 2003 scientific expedition to GSSP (Shahrul Anuar et al., 2005) and the camera-trapping survey by Ahmad Zafir et al. (2005) to produce a preliminary checklist of birds for GSSP (Appendix 8). In summary, a total of 130 bird species have so far been recorded at GSSP. This is not particularly high but there is no doubt that many more birds can be added to the preliminary checklist as more surveys are conducted. Eighty-three species of birds are Totally Protected under the Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 while three others are accorded Protected status. Of the 130 species of birds, twenty are considered to be “Lower Risk/Near-Threatened Species” and two “Vulnerable” by the IUCN. Montane species recorded at GSSP include the mountain fulvetta (Alcipe peracensis) and streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna). The highest concentration of birds recorded was at the Benta Plateau, a relatively flat, plateau-like area (500-700m asl), just after the turning from the Sg. Rantai, along the main trail to G. Stong. A phenomenon observed at GSSP is that five species of lowland birds were found at altitudes higher than their normal range, perhaps suggesting the effects of compression due to habitat change: as their natural habitats shrink due to land conversion, they had to range at higher altitudes for their food needs (Chong, 2005). Photo 3.5: Mountain Fulvetta WWF-Malaysia/ Chew Yen Fook 39
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