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Fatumasin is a mountain in the district of Liquiçá in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea. The surrounding forest is called Hutan Gunung Maelulu in Indonesian. It is a 13,618 ha mountain forest (or forested mountain) and forms one of the country's Important Bird Areas.

Fatumasin
Gunung Maelulu
Fatumasin Location in East Timor
Highest point
Elevation	1,369 m (4,491 ft)[1]
Coordinates	08°40′00″S 125°22′00″E
Geography
Location	Liquiçá District, East Timor

Description

The mountain stands about 26 km south-west of the national capital of Dili. The forest ranges in elevation from about 800 m upwards to the 1369 m summit. The underlying rocks are non-calcareous and the forest is considered to be more species-rich than most others on the island.[1]

Birds

The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of bar-necked cuckoo-doves, pink-headed imperial pigeons, yellow-crested cockatoos, jonquil parrots, streak-breasted honeyeaters, Timor friarbirds, black-breasted myzomelas, plain gerygones, fawn-breasted whistlers, green figbirds, olive-brown orioles, Timor stubtails, Timor leaf warblers, orange-sided thrushes, Timor blue flycatchers, blue-cheeked flowerpeckers and flame-breasted sunbirds.[1]

See also

• List of Important Bird Areas in East Timor

References

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[de] Fatumasin

Der Fatumasin (Fatu Masin,[1] Fantumasin) ist ein Berg im Suco Leorema (Verwaltungsamt Bazartete, Gemeinde Liquiçá, Osttimor). Seine Höhe beträgt je nach Quelle 1369 m[2] oder 1180 m.[1]

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- [en] Fatumasin

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