1. Bali Barat National Park
West Bali National Park (Indonesian:
Taman Nasional Bali Barat) is a national park located in
Buleleng Regency,
Bali,
Indonesia.
The park covers around 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi), of which are
158 square kilometres (61 sq mi) land and the remainder is sea.This is approximately 5% of Bali's total land area. To the north, it
includes a 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) long beach, reef and islets. A seaport
at Gilimanuk is west of the park, and the village of Goris is to the
east. The National Park can be reached by roads from Gilimanuk and
Singaraja, or by using
ferries from Ketapang,
East Java.
There are several habitats in the national park, a
savanna,
mangroves, montane and mixed-
monsoon forests, and coral islands.
The center of the park is dominated by remnants of four volcanic mountains from
Pleistocene era, with Gunung Patas at 1,412 metres (4,633 ft) its highest elevation.
Bali Myna
Some 160 species can be found inside the park, including the
banteng,
barn swallow,
black-naped oriole,
black racket-tailed treepie,
crested serpent-eagle,
crested treeswift,
dollarbird,
hawksbill turtle,
Indian muntjac,
Java sparrow,
Javan lutung,
large flying fox,
leopard cat,
lesser adjutant,
long-tailed shrike,
milky stork,
Pacific swallow,
red-rumped swallow,
rusa deer,
sacred kingfisher,
savanna nightjar,
stork-billed kingfisher,
water monitor,
wild boar,
yellow-vented bulbul and the critically endangered
Bali myna.
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