Editing Biak Archipelago (section)

===Terrestrial===
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These small islands have been designated the [[Biak–Numfoor rain forests]]. They have the most highly [[endemism|endemic]] [[Bird|avifauna]] of any single area in the New Guinea region. The forest consists of similar types of trees to that on mainland New Guinea.

There are over 100 bird species on the islands, of which 11 to 16 are [[endemism|endemic]], that is, restricted to this small island group. These include: [[black-winged lory]] (''Eos cyanogenia''); the small tree-climbing [[Geelvink pygmy parrot]] (''Micropsitta geelvinkiana''); [[Biak scrubfowl]] (''Megapodius geelvinkianus''); [[Geelvink imperial pigeon]] (''Ducula geelvinkiana''); [[Geelvink fruit dove]] (''Ptilinopus speciosus''); [[Biak coucal]] (''Centropus chalybeus''); two [[tree kingfisher]]s, [[Biak paradise kingfisher]] (''Tanysiptera riedelii'') and [[Numfor paradise kingfisher]] (''Tanysiptera carolinae''); [[Biak gerygone]] (''Gerygone hypoxantha''); [[Biak monarch]] (''Monarcha brehmii''); [[Biak flycatcher]] (''Myiagra atra''); [[long-tailed starling]] (''Aplonis magna''); and [[Biak white-eye]] (''Zosterops mysorensis'').<ref>"Geelvink Islands (Endemic Bird Areas of the world)". ''Birdlife International''. [http://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/174]</ref><ref>[http://www.bird-watching-papua-adventure-travel.com/birdinggeelvinkislands.html Biak-Numfor Birding, Geelvink Islands Bird-watching, Geelvink Endemic Birds<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119043156/http://www.bird-watching-papua-adventure-travel.com/birdinggeelvinkislands.html |date=2008-01-19 }}</ref> 

As well as the birds, there are a number of endemic mammals, although there are only 29 mammal species on the islands. The endemics include: [[Biak naked-backed fruit bat]] (''Dobsonia emersaa'') a species of [[Dobsonia|barebacked fruit bat]] (so-called because their wings are attached to the back rather than the sides, giving this type of bat a different appearance to most species; a marsupial [[Biak glider]] (''Petaurus biacensis''); [[Japen rat]] (''Rattus jobiensis''); and two species of [[giant naked-tailed rat]], ''[[Uromys boeadii]]'' and ''[[Uromys emmae]]''.

The islands also have a number of endemic butterflies and one endemic spider ''[[Diolenius]] [[Diolenius angustipes|angustipes]]''.<ref>{{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2009): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 9.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.</ref>

Much of the forest has been cut down for logging or to clear land for planting especially on Biak Island, which is the most populous in the area, although logging has slowed.  There are two protected areas, which are close to each other: [[Pulau Supiori Nature Reserve]], which is most of Supiori Island; and [[Biak Utara Nature Reserve]] which is an area on Biak Island just across the bridge from Supiori. However the logging industry may return, while birds are vulnerable to collectors and just because they have such a limited range of habitat on these small islands. The area needs more study.<ref>{{WWF ecoregion|name=Biak-Numfoor rain forests|id=aa0103}}</ref>