Fakfak Mountains
| Fakfak Mountains | |
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 Vogelkopf in the north and Bomberai peninsula in the south with Fakfak in the west |
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| location | Fakfak (administrative district) , Papua Barat , Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 2 ° 51 ′ S , 132 ° 25 ′ E |
The Fakfak Mountains ( Indonesian Pegunungan Fakfak ) are a mountain range on the Bomberai Peninsula , in western New Guinea . It forms the backbone of the Fakfak peninsula between the Bay of Bintuni and the Seram Sea . The mountains are located in the Indonesian administrative district of Fakfak ( Papua Barat Province ).
The fauna of the Fakfak Mountains includes the black-eared bower bird and Oninia senglaubi , a member of the narrow-mouthed frog family. There is also a population of birds of paradise in the Fakfak Mountains, which for a long time was assigned to the long-tailed Paradigalla . It is now assumed that the population found there is an independent, scientifically not yet described species from the genus Paradigalla .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darrel R. Frost: Oninia senglaubi . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998-2015, accessed December 21, 2015
- ↑ Handbook of the Birds of the World on the Langschwanaz Paradigalla , accessed on July 9, 2017