Seria Coast

The Seria Coast is a narrow 5,000 ha strip of land along the coast of the town of Seria, in the Belait District of Brunei, in north-western Borneo.

Seria Coast
Pantai Seria
LocationSeria, Belait
Nearest citySeria Town, Belait
Coordinates4.6190792°N 114.3229017°E / 4.6190792; 114.3229017
Area5,000 ha
Governing bodyKuala Belait and Seria Municipal Department

It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA). As well as open sea, it contains tidal mudflats and sandflats, mangroves and beach forest which support populations of various birds, including Bornean crestless firebacks, grey imperial pigeons, short-toed coucals, lesser adjutants, Chinese egrets, Wallace's hawk-eagles, Malay blue-banded kingfishers, and straw-headed bulbuls.[1]

References

  1. "Seria Coast". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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