- "El mono Hernández" Cork Forest Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
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Santuario de Fauna y Flora El Corchal "El mono Hernández" "El mono Hernández" Cork Forest Flora and Fauna Sanctuary IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)Coordinates 02°12′N 76°21′W / 2.2°N 76.35°WCoordinates: 02°12′N 76°21′W / 2.2°N 76.35°W Area 38.5 km2 (14.9 sq mi) Established 5 August 2002 Governing body SINAP The "El mono Hernández" Cork Forest Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (Spanish: Santuario de Fauna y Flora El Corchal "El mono Hernández") is a natural monument located in the Sucre and Bolívar Departments on the coast of the Caribbean Region of Colombia.
The park is named in honor of Colombian naturalist Jorge Ignacio "El Mono" Hernández-Camacho (1935–2001), one of the founders of Colombia's National Natural Park System.[1]
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Climate
Average temperature is 28°C and yearly rainfall is 1100 mm with the largest precipitation in April and November. The warmest months are June and July, and the driest period is between December and April.[2]
Flora and fauna
Mangrove and cork swamp forests are protected within the area. Mangroves covers about half of the area, located in the western and northern parts of the sanctuary.[2][3] The mangroves are dominated by five species, red mangrove, black mangrove, white mangrove, buttonwood and neotropical mangrove.[2] The swamps is the only place in the Colombian Caribbean Region where pure corchales, "cork" forests, grow, dominated by Pterocarpus officinalis, and with a total area of 401 hectares.[3]
It is home to 153 species of birds,[4] the great diversity is due to the quantity of food produced in the surrounding waters.[2] A number of species feed on the marsh vegetation, including the endangered West Indian manatee. Other noteworthy animals are the jaguar, brown caiman[2] and howler monkey.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 109
- ^ a b c d e Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 110
- ^ a b "Santuario de Flora y Fauna El Corchal "El Mono Hernández"" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.0142. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Naturaleza y Ciencia del Santuario de Flora y Fauna El Corchal "El Mono Hernández"" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.014203. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Woods 2008, p. 53
References
- Villegas, Benjamin; Sesana, Laura (2007), Colombia Natural Parks, Villegas Asociados, ISBN 9789588156873, http://books.google.com/books?id=HoDPr04hHCQC.
- Woods, Sarah (2008), Colombia, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 9781841622422, http://books.google.com/books?id=UCzCqvXHci4C.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009), The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, JHU Press, ISBN 9780801893049, http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC.
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Protected areas of Colombia National parks Amacayacu · Chingaza · Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta · Cueva de los Guácharos · Doña Juana-Cascabel Volcanic Complex · El Tuparro · Farallones de Cali · Gorgona Island · Lake Iguaque · Las Hermosas · Los Katíos · Los Nevados · Munchique · Nevado del Huila · Old Providence McBean Lagoon · Puracé · Rosario and San Bernardo Corals · Serranía de los Churumbelos · Serranía de la Macarena · Serranía de Macuira · Sierra Nevada del Cocuy · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta · Sumapaz · Tamá · Tayrona · YariguíesFlora and fauna sanctuaries Flora sanctuaries Unique natural area Los Estoraques Unique Natural AreaRoad parks Salamanca IslandCategories:- IUCN Category III
- National parks of Colombia
- Protected areas established in 2002
- Sucre Department
- Bolívar Department
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