INTRODUCTION:
 The
Tanji Bird Reserve (properly known as the Tanji
River Karinti Bird Reserve) is immediately to the north
of the start of the village bridge and includes the Karinti River.
The protected reserve, which incorporates an area of the
Bald Cape and the Bijol Islands
(Kajonyi Islands), is located 1.5km from the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
AVIFAUNA:
The Karinti bird sanctuary has an area of about 136 hectares.
Tanji bird reserve has a rich diversity of Palaearctic and African
bird species; about 300 species. It has a substantial of migratory
birds, these are Palaearctic migrants of 82 species (27%), Intra-African
migrants of 32 species (11%), and Resident species of 181
species (61%). This constitutes 295 species from 61 families,
out of 515 species and 75 families in the whole of The Gambia.
The lagoons in the reserve has Little Egret, Black Headed Heron,
White Fronted Plover, Caspian Tern, Pied Kingfisher, Spur Winged
Plover, Long Tailed Cormorant, Sanderling, Western Reef Heron,
Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Grey Headed Gull,
Greenshank, Royal Tern, Grey Heron, Lesser Black Backed Gull and
Redshank.
Together with the Bijol Islands, the park is considered as one
of the IBAs (Important Bird Areas) in The Gambia, as they are
major offshore roosting and feeding habitat for substantial numbers
of shorebirds, seabirds, ospreys, and other avians as well as
mammals.
CONTACT ADDRESS DETAILS:
Department
of Parks & Wildlife Management
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Headquarters
C/o Ministry of Forestry and
the Environment
48 GIPFZA House, Kairaba Avenue
Tel no: +220 4376973
3917559
9817559
Email: info@mofen.gov.gm
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