Thursday, October 21, 2010

Burundi - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Burundi is an inland country located in the central of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, by Congo DR to the west, by Tanzania to the south and the east.
Burundi
Burundi
regionally extinct
in historic age
ElephantAfrican elephant
Burundi
extant species
AardvarkAardvark (Living fossil)
HyraxYellow-spotted Rock Hyrax
PrimatePotto, Brown Greater Galago, Mohol Bushbaby, Dusky Bushbaby, Thomas's Bushbaby, Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby, Vervet Monkeys', Blue Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, L'Hoest's Monkey, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, Angola Colobus, Chimpanzee
RodentCape Porcupine, Carruther's Mountain Squirrel, Fire-footed Rope Squirrel, Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel, Red-legged Sun Squirrel, Boehm's Bush Squirrel, Forest Giant Squirrel
RabbitBunyoro Rabbit, Cape Hare, African Savanna Hare
HedgehogFour-toed Hedgehog
Even-toed ungulateGiant Forest Hog, Common Warthog, Bushpig, Hippopotamus, Water Chevrotain, African Buffalo, Sitatunga, Bushbuck, Common Eland, Black-fronted Duiker, Weyns's Duiker, Yellow-backed Duiker, Blue Duiker, Common Duiker, Roan Antelope, Klipspringer, Oribi, Waterbuck, Bohor Reedbuck, Impala, Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
MegabatAngolan Rousette, Egyptian Rousette, Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat, Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Odd-toed ungulatePlains Zebra (Stripe)
PangolinGiant Pangolin, Long-tailed Pangolin
CarnivoraCheetah (Fastest runner), Serval (Spotted), Leopard (Spotted), Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions), African Palm Civet, Wild Cat (Spotted), African Golden Cat, Lion, Spotted Hyena, Banded Mongoose, Side-striped Jackal, African Wild Dog, African Clawless Otter, Spotted-necked Otter, Honey Badger, African Striped Weasel
CrocodileNile Crocodile
GooseSpur-winged Goose, Egyptian Goose
GuineafowlHelmeted Guineafowl
StorkYellow-billed Stork, African Openbill Stork, Abdim's Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, White Stork, Black Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Marabou Stork
IbisSacred Ibis, Olive Ibis, Spot-breasted Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Glossy Ibis, African Spoonbill
HornbillCrowned Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
CraneGrey Crowned Crane
TuracoLivingstone's Turaco, Schalow's Turaco, Black-billed Turaco, Purple-crested Turaco, Ruwenzori Turaco, Ross's Turaco, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Great Blue Turaco
FlamingoLesser Flamingo, American Flamingo
ParrotAfrican Grey Parrot, Cape Parrot, Meyer's Parrot, Red-faced Lovebird
Burundi
small extant
species
birdMadagascar Pond Heron, Botha's Lark, Kungwe Apalis
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Burundi.
Burundi
Kibira
National Park

[WH Tentative List]
Rainforest
RaptorMountain Buzzard
TuracoRuwenzori Turaco
birdHandsome Francolin, Scarce Swift, Ruwenzori Nightjar, Dusky Turtle Dove, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Gray Cuckoo-shrike, Black-tailed Oriole, Mountain Boubou, Doherty's Bushshrike, Ruwenzori Batis, Red-faced Woodland-warbler, Grauer's Scrub-warbler, Cinnamon Bracken-warbler, Mountain Flycatcher-warbler, Shelley's Greenbul
Ruvubu
National Park

[WH Tentative List]
birdBroad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Decorated tail feather), Ring-necked Francolin, Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Scrub-warbler, Papyrus Flycatcher-warbler, Carruthers' Cisticola, Angola Babbler, Sharpe's Pied-babbler, Miombo Rock-thrush, White-headed Black-chat, White-collared Oliveback, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Papyrus Canary, Rufous-bellied Tit, Red-chested Sunbird

Wildlife's class - mammal, reptile (dinosaur), amphibia, bird, fish, arthropod (insect), molluscs, cnidarian, echinoderm (others), plant
Redlist Categories & Criteria - Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, others
The italic shows endemic species. * after the name shows subspecies. ' after the name shows family or genus.
          shows maga species or largest of the family.           shows rare and interesting species.           shows colorfull or beatiful species.           shows venomous species.
Area attribute - regionally extinct in historic age, regionally extant species, regionally marine species, UNESCO World Heritage, UNESCO World Hertage Tentative List, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Site
Habitat environment - Rainforest, Savannah, Desert area, Mountainous area, Wetland, Forest area, Coastal area, Marine park, Tundra area, Colony, Nesting site
Geologic age - Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian), Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous), Cenozoic (Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene), Quaternary (Pleistocene, Holocene)


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