André Félix National Park

Andre Felix National Park
Map showing the location of Andre Felix National Park
Map showing the location of Andre Felix National Park
LocationCentral African Republic
Coordinates9°30′N 23°20′E / 9.500°N 23.333°E / 9.500; 23.333
Area1,700 km2 (660 sq mi)
Established1960

The Andre Felix National Park is a national park found in the Central African Republic, contiguous to Radom National Park in Sudan.[1] It was established in 1960 and its area is 951 km2.[1]

Environment

The park consists of a low-lying open savanna forest in its north, vegetated with Bambusa, Isoberlinia and Terminalia. It has more elevated, denser forest in its south.[2]

The park has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of Heuglin's spurfowl, red-throated bee-eaters, black-breasted barbets, fox kestrels, yellow-billed shrikes, piapiacs, green-backed eremomelas, purple starlings, chestnut-crowned sparrow-weavers, red-winged pytilias, black-rumped waxbills and brown-rumped buntings. There are also various mammals including, just outside the IBA to the north-west, an isolated population of greater kudu.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b World Database on Protected Areas[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. ^ "André Félix National Park complex". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-26.