Pendjari National Park
Pendjari National Park | |
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Tanguieta | |
Coordinates | 11°3′N 1°31′E / 11.050°N 1.517°E |
Area | 2,755 km2 (1,064 sq mi) |
Website | https://www.african-parks.org/the-parks/pendjari |
Part of | Beninese part of W-Arly-Pendjari Complex |
Criteria | Natural: (ix), (x) |
Reference | 749bis-002 |
Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
Extensions | 2017 |
The Pendjari National Park (
The Pendjari National Park has an area of 2,755 square kilometres (275,500 ha) and is part of the WAP complex (W-Arli-Pendjari), a large protected area in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. Hills and cliffs in the Atakora range are visible from the park.
In March 2009, the park was tentatively nominated for UNESCO's World Heritage Site program, and in July 2017, it was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a transnational extension of the WAP Complex.
Ecology
The rocky cliffs of the area are sparsely wooded with
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Landscape
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Pendjari river within the national park in dry season: right Burkina Faso, left Benin
Fauna and flora
Mammals
Pendjari National Park has a relatively large population of elephants, which was stable over the last decades and counted more than 800 individuals between 2005 and 2010.[1] The WAP Complex's elephant population is more than 3,800, making it the largest elephant concentration in all of western Africa.[2] The second largest species of the park is the hippopotamus. There are also large populations of several other large
One of the rarest large predators in the protected area is the Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki). As of 2007, there were only about 5–13 individuals left in the national park and neighboring W National Park.[4] By 2009, the lion (Panthera leo leo) population in the WAP Complex comprised about 100 animals and was possibly the largest in West Africa at the time.[5]
The endangered
The number of waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) decreased from about 3,000 in the 1970s to 120 in 2004.[6]
Birds
The hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) is resident in the protected area, but in small numbers.[7]
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The park is renowned for its abundance of bird species.[8] Some 300 different species are present.
Among the more notable species recorded are
Grey tit-flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus) has been recorded as well as several other species of the undergrowth. White-throated greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis) has been recorded at Tanguiéta and the white-throated francolin (Francolinus albogularis), a rare resident, has been spotted in farmland south of Natitingou. South of the park there is a large semi-protected zone known in French as La zone cygnetique de la Pendjari where a number of other species have been spotted. The national park and the bird habitat is protected by the government in Benin.
Other bird species include:
- Red-thighed sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) resident 1998
- Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) resident 1998 - A3
- Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea) resident 1998 - A3
- Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster) resident 1998 - A3
- Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) resident 1998 - A3
- Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius) resident 1998 - A3
- Yellow-billed shrike (Corvinella corvina) resident 1998 - A3
- Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) resident 1998 - A3
- Yellow penduline-tit(Anthoscopus parvulus) resident 1998 - A3
- Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura) resident 1998
- Pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma) resident 1998 - A3
- Senegal eremomela (Eremomela pusilla) resident 1998 - A3
- Blackcap babbler (Turdoides reinwardii) resident 1998 - A3
- Purple glossy-starling(Lamprotornis purpureus) resident 1998 - A3
- Bush petronia(Petronia dentata) resident 1998 - A3
- Red-winged pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) resident 1998 - A3
- Red-faced pytilia(Pytilia hypogrammica) resident 1998 - A3
- Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) resident 1998 - A3
- Black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) resident 1998 - A3
References
- PMID 21731620.
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- ^ Belbachir, F. (2008). "Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T221A13035738.
- ^ Henschel, P.; Azani, D.; Burton, C.; Malanda, G.; Saidu, Y.; Sam, M.; Hunter, L. (2010). "Lion status updates from five range countries in West and Central Africa" (PDF). Cat News. 52: 34–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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- ^ Dasgupta, S. (1 February 2018). "$23.5 million funding pledge aims to protect critical West African national park". Mongabay. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
Further reading
- Assédé, E.P.S., Adomou, A.C. & B. Sinsin (2012) Magnoliophyta, Biosphere reserve of Pendjari, Atacora Province, Benin. Check List 8 (4): 642–661. [1]
- Hogan, C.M. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- Legba, F. (2005) Contribution de la vegetation des collines de la zone cynegetique et du Parc National de la Pendjari du Benin comme milieu cadre et milieu ressource de la faune sauvage. Thèse Ing. Agr., Université d´Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou. 121 S.
- Nago, S.G.A. (2005) Diversité des amphibiens dans les terroirs riverrains à la Zone Cynogénétique de la Pendjari. Mémoire de diplôme d´étude approfondies (DEA), Université d´Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou.
- UNDP/ GEF (2005): Enhancing the effectiveness and catalyzing the sustainability of the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) protected area system. UNEP Project document PIMS 1617. [2]
- Woodroffe, R., Ginsberg, J.R. and D.W. Macdonald. 1997. The African wild dog: status survey and conservation action plan, IUCN/SSC Candid Specialist Group, Published by IUCN, ISBN 978-2-8317-0418-0pages 166