Rubondo Island National Park
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The Rubondo National Park, also Rubondo - Iceland National Park is a national park in north- western Tanzania. It is located on the island Rubondo in the southwest of Lake Victoria and covers 457 km ². The Frankfurt Zoological Society support the park since 1977.
Vegetation
90 % of the park is covered by moist forest, the rest of the area is covered by open grasslands, papyrus swamps and sandy beaches. In the forests grow, among other tamarind trees, palm trees, jasmine and 40 species of orchids.
Wildlife
Native mammals are Sitatungas, hippo, vervet monkey, genet and mongoose. Because of the very good monitoring and protection options several endangered species were settled in Rubondo National Park, including African gray parrots, chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, giraffes and a small elephant population. In addition, living in the park bushbuck, otters, crocodiles and fish eagles. At the marshy banks brood walrus, Paradise flycatcher, herons, storks and spoonbills. Each year thousands of Eurasian migratory birds. In fish, there is, for example, tilapia and Nile perch.
Swell
- Wally and Horst Hagen: The African National Parks as habitats of elephants. In: Vitus B. Dröscher: Save the elephants of Africa. 1st edition. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-12322-4. S. 241
- Project of the Frankfurt Zoological Society
- The Rubondo National Park at TANAPA
Arusha | Gombe Stream | Jozani Chwaka Bay | Katavi | Kilimanjaro | Kitulo Plateau | Lake Manyara | Mahale Mountains | Mikumi | Mkomazi | Ruaha | Rubondo | Saadani | Serengeti | Tarangire | Udzungwa Mountains
- National Park in Africa
- National Park in Tanzania
- Victoria