Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
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Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
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cropped.jpg) Yellow-headed rockhoppers in the reserve |
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| location | Eastern Province , Sierra Leone |
| surface | 21,228 ha (212.28 km² ) |
| WDPA ID | 303925 |
| Geographical location | 7 ° 52 ′ N , 11 ° 19 ′ W |
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| administration | National Protected Area Authority |
The Kambui Hills Forest Reserve ( English Kambui Hills Forest Reserve ) is a forest reserve in Sierra Leone, West Africa . The reserve is located at an altitude of up to 645 m in the Kambui Hills , not far from the provincial capital Kenema in the Eastern province . It has an area of 21,228 hectares .
The protected area is divided into two areas, "North" with 20,348 hectares and "South" with 880 hectares, which are separated by the main road between Kenema and Bo .
Vegetation, flora and fauna
60 percent of the protected area is covered by forest , including mainly evergreen, moist secondary forest. On the mountain slopes there is semi-evergreen ( English semi-deciduous ) forest. 20 percent of the area is taken up by savannah .
The forest reserve is home to at least 200 species of birds, five of which are considered threatened worldwide, including:
- Green- Tailed Bleda ( Bleda eximius )
- Rustwing bush thrush ( Illadopsis rufescens )
- Copper- tailed star ( Lamprotornis cupreocauda )
The largest and most common mammal species are the red colobus monkey and the sooty monkey . Chimpanzees were detected (as of 2010).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kambui Hills Forest Reserve. BirdLife International. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ↑ Kambui Hills Forest Reserve. Visit Sierra Leone. ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ↑ Sierra Leone National Chimpanzee Census August 2010. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, 2010, pp. 47f.
