Binder-Léré wildlife reserve
Coordinates: 9 ° 40 ′ N , 14 ° 28 ′ E
The Binder-Léré Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in southeastern Chad , in the Mayo-Kebbi Ouest region , not far from the border with Cameroon .
location
It was established in 1974 and covers an area of 1350 km². The Mayo Kébbi River flows through the wildlife reserve . Its waters fill the léré lake and Trene Lake . The Touboiris and Loké marshland stretches between the two lakes , with the city of Léré in the northern area .
The game reserve is located in a transition zone from the open savannah landscape of the Sahel-Acacia savannah in the north and the tree-strewn Eastern Sudan savannah in the south.
fauna
In 1997 the avifauna was added. The following endangered birds were recorded: the North African Lachtaube ( Streptopelia roseogrisea ), the Rotkehlspint ( Merops bulocki ), the gray cap Eremomela ( Eremomela pusilla ), the long-tailed Glanzstar ( Lamprotornis pulcher ), the Gambagaschnäpper ( Muscicapa gambagae ), the Braunwangenmahali ( Plocepasser superciliosus ), the bush Sperling ( Petronia dentata ) and the black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes).
Among other things, the African manatee ( Trichechus senegalensis ), of which a group of approx. 100 animals once lived in the lakes, lives in the wildlife reserve , but the population has experienced a decline. It was placed under protection on November 14, 2005 according to the Ramsar Convention as a "wetland of international importance".
Web links
- The game reserve on Birdlife (English)
- World Database on Protected Areas - Game Reserve Binder Léré (English)
- The Annotated Ramsar List: Chad. In: archive.ramsar.org. January 14, 2002, accessed August 2, 2018 .