Kaboré Tambi National Park
View of the Red Volta in Kaboré Tambi National Park
Map showing the location of Kaboré Tambi National Park
Map showing the location of Kaboré Tambi National Park
LocationBurkina Faso
Nearest city
Coordinates11°27′00″N 1°25′00″W / 11.45°N 1.4167°W / 11.45; -1.4167
Area1,555 km2 (600 sq mi)
Established1976

Kaboré Tambi National Park is a national park in Burkina Faso. It is situated between Ouagadougou and the border with Ghana and follows the course of the Nazinon river. Founded in 1976 as Pô National Park, it has been renamed in honor of a ranger of the park who was killed by poachers in 1991.

The vegetation in the park is mainly distributed in northern Sudan savanna grassland for the north and in the south, a blend of the southern Sudan savanna and northern Guinea savanna.

The park is an important birding area in Burkina Faso which bird species like Senegal Parrot, Violet Turaco, yellow billed shrike, Blue Blair roller, yellow Penduline, pipes, bearded Barbet, Pied winged swallow, Senegal Eremonela, Blackcap Babbler, sun lark, Purple glossy starling, lavender Waxbill. Chestnut crowned sparrow weaver, Brown romped bunting and many other birds.[1]

References

  1. "Kabore Tambi National Park". Africa Tour Operators. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2020-11-25.


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