Saziley National Park

View looking east from the park
The park is an important site for Mayotte sunbirds

Saziley National Park is a national park in Mayotte, a French island territory in the Comoro archipelago of the western Indian Ocean. It was established in 1991.

Description

The 4180 ha park comprises the south-easternmost headland of the island. it is 4 km long with a sharp ridge rising to 233 m and is vegetated with dry shrubland and thicket containing baobabs. It overlaps with the 1600 ha Mlima Choungui and Sazilé Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of Comoro olive-pigeons, Comoro blue-pigeons, Mayotte white-eyes, Mayotte sunbirds and red-headed fodies. It is also home to Robert Mertens' day geckos, island day geckos and Pasteur's day geckos. Its beaches are a nesting site for green, and probably hawksbill, sea turtles.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mlima Choungui and Sazilé". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

Coordinates: 12°58′00″S 45°10′00″E / 12.96667°S 45.16667°E / -12.96667; 45.16667


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