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Country/Territory |
Senegal |
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Administrative region(s) |
Cap Vert |
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Central coordinates |
14o 39' North 17o 28' West Map
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Area |
45 ha |
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Altitude |
0 - 35m |
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Criteria |
A4ii |
Site description The park consists of three rocky, volcanic islands lying about 4 km west of the Senegal coast, off the southern end of the Cap Vert peninsula on which Dakar lies, and the areas of sea between the islands. The largest, the 'Iles aux serpents', is about 15 ha. The islands are covered in steppe-grassland. Trees include baobabs Adansonia, jujubas Ziziphus, prickly-pear Opuntia and tamarinds Tamarindus. |
| Land-use and percentage cover | nature conservation and research | - | tourism/recreation | - |
Birds See Box for key species. The 30 or more pairs of Phaethon aethereus are the only breeding birds of this species known from a mainland African country. The islands harbour a varied avifauna including a breeding colony (400 nests) of Phalacrocorax carbo (introduced in the 1980s from the Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, part of site SN001), and breeding Corvus albus, Milvus migrans, Galerida cristata and Euplectes orix. Sterna anaethetus breeds on the islands and there are records of Sula leucogaster, Morus bassanus, Larus cachinnans, L. cirrocephalus and L. fuscus. Alaemon alaudipes, restricted to the Sahara-Sindian (A02) biome, has been recorded from the site. |
Conservation issues The uncontrolled development of sport-fishing and other marine sporting activities may pose some threat to the National Park's integrity and cause disturbance in the region of the park. Casual visitors to the park are not controlled and may cause hazards through lighting fires and disturbance to nesting birds. |
Recommended Citation BirdLife International (2009) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parc National des Iles de la Madeleine, Senegal. Downloaded from the Data Zone at http://www.birdlife.org on 10/2/2010 |
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