André Félix National Park complex (6076)
Central African Republic, Africa

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed

Year of last assessment: 2001

National site name: André Félix National Park complex

Central coordinates: Latitude: 9.5000, Longitude: 23.3333

System: terrestrial

Elevation (m): 470 to 1330

Area of KBA (km²): 6356.80164

Protected area coverage (%): 100.00

KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD

Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Site description: The IBA covers the André Félix National Park in the broad sense, i.e. the National Park (170,000 ha) and surrounding buffer zone of Yata-Ngaya Faunal Reserve (420,000 ha). This area of the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome is situated in the north-east of the country, south-east of the town of Birao and against the international frontier with Sudan where it is contiguous with Radom National Park (SD012). It consists of a low-lying, fairly open woodland in the northern half, with a more thickly wooded, elevated southern sector.

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)

Additional biodiversity: See Box and Table 3 for key species. No bird observations are available specifically from the National Park itself, but some 228 species have been recorded from the adjacent Birao area (the result of four months’ survey). Of these, 180 species can be expected to breed. Non-bird biodiversity: There is a small, isolated population of the mammal Tragelaphus strepsiceros (LR/cd) just outside the IBA, to the north-west (the only population in the Central African Republic).

Habitats

Land use: nature conservation and research

IUCN Habitat	Coverage %	Habitat detail
Forest	51
Shrubland	47

Threats

Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Large-scale poaching, often across international frontiers, has made access to, and administration of, this area very difficult.

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