Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
🇮🇹 Senegal📅 1981 Inscribed
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Situated in the Senegal River delta, the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 16,000 ha, comprising a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds and backwaters. It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for some 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spoonbill, the great egret and the cormorant.
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The first major stopover for migratory birds from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical zones after crossing the Sahara Desert.
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A 16,000-hectare wetland ecosystem, home to over 1.5 million migratory birds, including pelicans, flamingos, herons, egrets, and cormorants.
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