Burkina-Faso

The Museum's research has focused on the Comoè-Leraba Protected Area (Cascades Region, southern Burkina Faso). The main task was to compile a list of the bird species living in the Protected Area and to turn the results into a popular book on the birds of the area. Alongside this, the Museum contributed to setting up the visitor centre and ecomuseum opened in the village of Folonzo, the main gateway for visiting the protected area. The field research and the work on the displays were carried out together with AGEREF staff and villagers, partly in order to help improve the technical training of the local staff.

The Cascades region, around the town of Banfora, offers many points of cultural, scenic and natural history interest.

The fascinating landscape of the “Pics de Sindou”

The very colourful daily market of Banfora

Butastur rufipennis is a bird of prey that is very common in areas of savannah that have just been swept by fire.

Once abundant throughout the Sahel belt, the vulture Gyps rueppelli (a young bird in the photo) is now considered an endangered species by the IUCN. We observed this vulture in the Comoè-Leraba protected area in the dry season.