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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Manda National Park is located in central-southern Chad, to the north-west of the town of Sarh, bounded on its south-western side by the Sarh–N’Djamena road and on its north-eastern side by the Chari river. The park consists mainly of woodland-savanna and grassy flood-plain. Patchy stands of dense woodland and fringing vegetation, dominated by
Isoberlinia and
Monotes spp., are found along watercourses and around marshy pools. The banks of the Chari, on the north-eastern side of the park, are seasonally inundated following rainfall which starts towards the end of April. Average annual rainfall is approximately 1,100 mm.
See Box and Table 2 for key species. An estimated 30–40
Struthio camelus occur.
Non-bird biodiversity: Threatened mammal species include Lycaon pictus (EN).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Manda was originally established as a Faunal Reserve in 1953, and upgraded to a National Park in 1965. The original purpose of the reserve was to conserve a population of
Taurotragus derbianus, but the species is now extinct at the site, although it still occurs in the Goundi region, west of Manda. Large-mammal populations have shrunk to low levels, although
Lycaon pictus are still thought to occur. Large numbers of domestic animals invade the park during the dry season. The vegetation is, nevertheless, still thought to be relatively intact. A French-financed conservation project has been in operation since the mid-1990s, considerably improving protection of the park.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manda National Park (Chad). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manda-national-park-iba-chad on 23/12/2024.
