Data Zone
Country/territory: South Sudan
IBA criteria met: A1, A3 (2001)
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Area: 17,000 ha
Site description (2001 baseline)
Bengangai is a small forested Game Reserve on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, west of the town of Yambio. The site is bounded to the west by the Biki river and to the east by the Ogo river, to the south by the border with DR Congo and to the north by the road linking Yambio with the international frontier of the Central African Republic, immediately to the north-west. The vegetation of the site is principally Guinea–Congolian forest.
Key biodiversity
See Box and Table 2 for key species. This is the only site in Sudan from which Columba albinucha is known.
Non-bird biodiversity: The following mammals of global conservation concern occur, or used to do so: Pan troglodytes (EN), Loxodonta africana (EN), Cephalophus sylvicultor (LR/nt), C. rufilatus (LR/cd), Tragelaphus euryceros (LR/nt), Syncerus caffer (LR/cd) and Kobus ellipsiprymnus (LR/cd).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bengangai (South Sudan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bengangai-iba-south-sudan on 22/11/2024.