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Comoé National Park – a refuge for critically endangered vulture species in West Africa

Volker Salewski

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Comoé National Park (hereafter CNP) is, at about 11,500 km², one of the largest national parks in West Africa.It is situated in north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire.Especially in the south-west, the park consists of a savannah-forest mosaic with gallery forest along the main rivers (Comoé, Iringou, Kongo) (Fig. 1).CNP is known to host five species of vultures: Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis (frequent), Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (frequent), White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus (common), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus (uncommon) and Whiteheaded Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis (frequent) (Salewski 2000).Between 1994 and 2000, the author spent in total about 24 months in CNP, mostly in the south-west, with regular visits to the north-west in

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Comoé National Park (hereafter CNP) is, at about 11,500 km², one of the largest national parks in West Africa.It is situated in north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire.Especially in the south-west, the park consists of a savannah-forest mosaic with gallery forest along the main rivers (Comoé, Iringou, Kongo) (Fig. 1).CNP is known to host five species of vultures: Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis (frequent), Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (frequent), White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus (common), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus (uncommon) and Whiteheaded Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis (frequent) (Salewski 2000).Between 1994 and 2000, the author spent in total about 24 months in CNP, mostly in the south-west, with regular visits to the north-west in

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Comoé National Park (hereafter CNP) is, at about 11,500 km², one of the largest national parks in West Africa.It is situated in north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire.Especially in the south-west, the park consists of a savannah-forest mosaic with gallery forest along the main rivers (Comoé, Iringou, Kongo) (Fig. 1).CNP is known to host five species of vultures: Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis (frequent), Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (frequent), White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus (common), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus (uncommon) and Whiteheaded Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis (frequent) (Salewski 2000).Between 1994 and 2000, the author spent in total about 24 months in CNP, mostly in the south-west, with regular visits to the north-west in

Key concepts: Vulture, Critically endangered, Geography, Endangered species, National park, Ecology, Fishery, Archaeology

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