Kafta Sheraro National Park

Kafta Sheraro National Park
Kafta Sherao National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Kafta Sheraro National Park
Coordinates 13°59′58.9200″N 037°00′01.0800″E / 13.999700000°N 37.000300000°ECoordinates: 13°59′58.9200″N 037°00′01.0800″E / 13.999700000°N 37.000300000°E
Area 5000 km2
Designation National Park
Established 2007
Governing body Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority
http://www.ewca.gov.et/en/node/20

Kafta Sheraro National Park is a National Park in Ethiopia's western Tigray region, in the districts (woredas) of Kafta Humera and Tahtay Adiyabo. The park borders with Eritrea's Gash-Setit to the north and is traversed by the Tekezé River. Vegetation communities in the park include Acacia-Commiphora, Combretum-Terminalia, dry evergreen montane woodlands and riparian types. A total of 167 mammal species, 95 bird species and 9 reptile species have been recorded at the site .[1]

The park is home to a transboundary African elephant population of about 100 individuals, which it shares with Eritrea's Gash-Setit, and which constitutes the northernmost elephant population in Eastern Africa.[2] Kafta-Sheraro is also an important wintering site for demoiselle cranes.[3]

Other notable wildlife species include lion, leopard, caracal, aardvark, greater kudu, roan antelope, red-fronted gazelle and ostrich.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority. "Kafta Sheraro National Park". EWCA. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Blanc, J. Julian; Barnes, Richard F. W; Craig, G. Colin; Dublin, Holly T; Thouless, Chris R; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Hart, John A (2007). African Elephant Status Report 2007: an update from the African Elephant Database. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 33. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
  3. ↑ Gebremedhin, B.; Demeke, Y. (September 2011). "Discovery of a wintering site of Demoiselle Cranes in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Ethiopia". Bulletin of the African Bird Club 18 (2): 199–202.