Paitchau
| Paitchau | ||
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 View along the Paitchau mountain range to the west, from near Tutuala . |
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| height | 995 m | |
| location | Suco Muapitine , Lautém Municipality , East Timor | |
| Mountains | Paitchau Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 8 ° 30 '17 " S , 127 ° 9' 52" E | |
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The Paitchau ( Gunung Paitchau , Paitxau , Paixou , Paicao ) is a mountain in East Timor , south of Lake Ira Lalaro , in Sucos Muapitine ( administrative office Lospalos , Lautém municipality ). Until 2015 the area belonged to the Suco Mehara . The mountain is part of the Paitchau mountain range, which forms the south and east edges of the Fuiloro plateau , but stands isolated from other elevations and has a height of 995 m .
The name of the mountain means "pig's head" in German .
Fauna and fauna
| Trigger species in the Important Bird Area Paitchau and Ira Lalaro | |
| Bird species | information |
| Great cuckoo pigeon ( Macropygia magna ) | not endangered |
| Timor pigeon ( Turacoena modesta ) | potentially endangered |
| Green Timor Pigeon ( Treron psittaceus ) | endangered |
| Pink-headed fruit pigeon ( Ducula rosacea ) | potentially endangered |
| Yellow-cheeked Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea ) | threatened with extinction |
| Timor Parakeet ( Aprosmictus jonquillaceus ) | potentially endangered |
| Timorliest ( Todiramphus australasia ) | potentially endangered |
| Temminck honey eater ( Meliphaga reticulata ) | not endangered |
| Timor leather head ( Philemon inornatus ) | not endangered |
| Timor Honeyeater ( Lichmera flavicans ) | not endangered |
| Tricolor honeyeater ( Myzomela vulnerata ) | not endangered |
| Timorgerygone ( Gerygone inornata ) | not endangered |
| Orpheus thick head ( Pachycephala orpheus ) | not endangered |
| Fig pyrole ( Sphecotheres viridis ) | not endangered |
| Sundapirol ( Oriolus melanotis ) | not endangered |
| Timorese tail ( Urosphena subulata ) | not endangered |
| Timor Warrior ( Phylloscopus presbytes ) | not endangered |
| Spotted-breast- eyed bird ( Heleia muelleri ) | potentially endangered |
| Timor Thrush ( Zoothera peronii ) | potentially endangered |
| Timor wheatear ( Saxicola gutturalis ) | potentially endangered |
| Chest-band groundcatcher ( Ficedula timorensis ) | potentially endangered |
| Hyacinth flycatcher ( Cyornis hyacinthinus ) | not endangered |
| Macklot mistletoe ( Dicaeum maugei ) | not endangered |
| Sun nectar bird ( Cinnyris solaris ) | not endangered |
| Blue-green parrot finch ( Erythrura tricolor ) | not endangered |
BirdLife International has declared the mountain and the surrounding region, including Lake Ira Lalaro to the north, to be an Important Bird Area . Numerous species of birds live here, some of them are endemic and only occur in a limited area. The region is partly wooded with lowland forest and evergreen trees on the slopes. There are swamps around the Ira Lalaro. The area south of the mountain is almost untouched and almost unpopulated. In the karst hills there are smaller lakes, rivers, swamps and various forests. The best preserved primary forests of Timor can be found around the mountain . The area is part of the Nino Konis Santana National Park .
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In Malahara , plans were made for several years underground for the largest hydroelectric power station in the country to date, which would supply Lospalos and Dili with electricity. The water should flow from Lake Ira Lalaro below Paitchau towards the Timor Sea . The project has since been discontinued.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geonames
- ↑ a b Birdlife International IBAs in Timor-Leste ( Memento from November 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- ↑ Sean WM Collins, Xisto Martins, Andrew Mitchell, Awegechew Teshome and John T. Arnason: Fataluku medicinal ethnobotany and the East Timorese military resistance , p. 2, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2007.
- ↑ Important Bird Area "Monte Paitchau"
- ↑ Hydrotimor: Iralalaru ( Memento from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )