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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Situated in south-west Burkina, to the north of the town of Banfora, Bérégadougou hill covers approximately 15,000 ha, of which 5,000 ha is a forest reserve. The hill is actually a chain of hills and peaks formed of weathered sedimentary rocks that reach an altitude of 680 m, rising about 350 m above the valley of the Comoé to the east. The area is the source of several of the country’s largest rivers including the Comoé and the Mouhoun. Vegetation along the flanks of the hill is more or less dense, dominated by
Combretum velutinum,
Swartzia madagascariensis,
Hymenocardia acida,
Afrormosia (Pericopsis) laxiflora,
Burkea africana,
Combretum nigricans,
Parinari curatellifolia,
P. polyandra,
Cassia sieberiana and
Terminalia sp.
Cola cordifolia is numerous and, in places, forms dense groves. Annual rainfall is between 1,000 and 1,100 mm.
See Box and Table 2 for key species. As yet the site is little studied; it is likely that more species of the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome will be found to occur. There is a nesting colony of
Ardea melanocephala and
Egretta alba in the centre of the nearby village of Bérégadougou.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Bérégadougou Classified Forest was gazetted in 1953 and the site generally remains in good condition. There has, however, been some illegal cultivation for at least 20 years. The classification status of the site permits certain uses by local communities, including the collection of dead wood, fruits, medicinal plants and bamboo, the grazing of livestock, the hunting of nuisance animals (
Crocuta crocuta and
Papio anubis), sap collection from
Borassus palms and the cultivation of rice along inundated drainage lines.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bérégadougou hill (Burkina Faso). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bérégadougou-hill-iba-burkina-faso on 23/12/2024.
