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Birds of Dinder National Park from 2008-2011 & W ries ild e lif sh e i S F c , i y e r t n l c Hussien, Poult Fish Wildl Sci 2015, 3:1 u e o s Poultry, Fisheries & P DOI: 10.4172/2375-446X.1000128 ISSN: 2375-446X Wildlife Sciences Research Article Article OpenOpen Access Access Birds of Dinder National Park from 2008-2011 Mohamed Elmekki Ali Elbadawi Hussien* Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Wildlife Department, University of Sinnar, Iran Abstract The study was conducted in Dinder National park. The meadows (Mayas) of Dinder National park (DNP) were studied during the dry season on 27/4-7/5/ 2008, /2009,8/3 - 18/3/2010 and 26/2-16/3/2011. The following seven mayas were studies and they are as follow: Ras Amer, Abdelgani, Gerarisa, Bet Elwahsh Simaya, Mayat Musa, Ein elshams and Abied. The park was traversed by car along the roads between meadows ecosystem and the Dehra riverbeds and Mayas region were patrolled on foot. The place where the birds used to feed and their habitat were also considered. Observations were made in early morning (6.30-10.00) and afternoon (16.00-18.00). Each maya’s visit took ten days for complete observation. The study showed that there is a wide variation in the total number of individual birds and the variation also existed in number of species(richness). It is impossible to predict the reason behind the distribution of the birds and the species richness as well except the water availability and the climate conditions Keywords:Ecosystem; Species; National Park; Habitat degradation; described as badly degraded and under serious threat from a number Poaching of ongoing problems including encroachment, habitat degradation and poaching. Introduction Until the 1960s, the area surrounding park was relatively The avian fauna of Sudan includes 931 species of birds of which uninhabited. Since then, however migration and irrational land use reported 127 species are common in Sennar, Gedarif and Blue Nile have resulted in development around the park, to an extent that around states [1]. forty villages now exist along its boundaries. The park is located approximately at between latitude 12° 42′ N Large-scale mechanized agriculture activities in the north and west and longitude 34° 48′ N was established in 1935 following the London has not only pushed traditional agricultural communities to the edge convention for the conservation of African flora and fauna. The park of the park, but by taking over most of the land previously used for is complete ecological unit but characteristically some of its wildlife grazing, has also led pastoralists to invade the park in large numbers. migrates during the rainy season where their movement is not impeded Livestock compete with wildlife for fodder and water and transmit by the tall grass and thick clay and they drift back to the mentioned diseases such as render pest and anthrax, while burning degrades the park in the dry season [2]. grassed woodland habitat. Poaching is also a major problem, as is the The park has three following major ecosystems:Firstly, the felling of trees for fire wood by trespassers and fires set in the course of woodland is largest in extent and characterized by Acacia seyal(taleh), honey extraction from the bee-hive. Balanites aegyptiaca (heglig) and Combretum species (habeel). The Methodology soil is characterized as a heavy cracking clay and it has tall coarse grasses including Sorghum species (Adar) and the Riverine ecosystem The study was conducted in Dinder National park. The meadows contains mainly doum palm ie; Hyphaenae the baica, Acacia siberiana (Mayas) of Dinder National park (DNP) were studied during the dry (kook), Ziziphus abyssinica, Ziziphus spinachristi (Sidir) and Momosa season on 27/4-7/5/2008, /2009,8/3-18/3/2010 and 26/2-16/3/2011. The pigra (shagrat Elfas). The dominant grasses are Sorghumand bracharia following seven mayas were studies and they are as follow: Ras Amer, (Umasabie). The third ecosystem is the Mayas that constitute an Abdelgani, Gerarisa, Bet Elwahsh Simaya, Mayat Musa, Ein elshams and important foraging ground for wildlife during the severe part of the dry Abied. The park was traversed by car along the roads between meadows season (March-June). Mayas are green meadows that hold water and ecosystem and the Dehra riverbeds and Mayas region were patrolled on provide green fodder throughout the dry season [3]. foot. The place where the birds used to feed and their habitat were also considered. Observations were made in early morning (6.30-10.00) and Only patchy information is available on the avian fauna of the afternoon (16.00-18.00). Each maya’s visit took ten days for complete Dinder national park, which is the closest northern national park to observation. Basic count (Direct count) is used as it is a good way to most urbanized centers in northern Sudan. The study of the area has estimate population size, detect changes in population size or species become basic necessity [2]. The aims of the study focus mainly on the identification of the birds *Corresponding author: Mohamed Elmekki Ali Elbadawi Hussien, Faculty of fauna, changes and quantification of these changes. Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Wildlife Department, University of Dinder National Park is the most important terrestrial protected Sinnar, Iran, Tel: 0118273000; E-mail: [email protected] area in the northern states of Sudan. Located on the Ethiopian border, Received December 19, 2014; Accepted April 01, 2015; Published April 30, 2015 straddling Blue Nile and Gadarif and Sennar states. It is approximately Citation: Hussien MEAE (2015) Birds of Dinder National Park from 2008-2011. 10,000 km² in size. The most important features of the park are a series Poult Fish Wildl Sci 3: 128. doi:10.4172/2375-446X.1000128 of permanent and seasonal wetlands known locally as Mayas which are Copyright: © 2015 Hussien MEAE. This is an open-access article distributed under linked to streams running of the Ethiopian highlands to the east. the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and The habitat and wildlife of Dinder National Park can currently be source are credited. Poult Fish Wildl Sci ISSN: 2375-446X PFW, an open access journal Volume 3 • Issue 1 • 1000128 habitat [2]. habitat inthe changes subsequent and changes climatic to associated probably 2). 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