Milieux naturels et conservation de la biodiversité, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, UFR Biosciences, UPR Biologie de la conservation et gestion de la faune, Abidjan-Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
The Marahoué National Park is home to almost half of the bird species in the Cote d'Ivoire. But apart from this Park, no publication has mentioned the avifauna of the entire Marahoue region, to date. Thus, a study, based on the census of birds along the tracks in 12 sites outside the Park and across the entire Marahoué region, took place over 19 months, from August 2010 to March 2013. It made it possible to count 30,758 individuals of birds of 211 species of birds from 54 families and 17 orders. Among these species, one is vulnerable and two others are almost threatened; A total 65 species are endemic to the Guinean-Congolese forest biome and seven species are subservient to the Sudano-Guinean savannah biome. The results of this study has completed the avian richness of the entire region to 400 species of 70 families belonging to 18 orders, with 32 species newly observed during the present study.
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