Kambui Hills Forest Reserve

The Kambui Hills Forest Reserve occupies an area of 14,335 hectares in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. It is located 10 kilometres from the town of Kenema with terrain consisting of steep slopes that reach an altitude of between 100 and 645 metres. The area mainly contains forest habitat but there is also some savanna and wetland. Over 200 separate species of birds have been recorded in the reserve including vulnerable species the White-necked Picathartes and Green-tailed Bristlebill and near threatened species the Yellow-casqued Hornbill, Rufous-winged Illadopsis, Copper-tailed Glossy-starling. [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/ "World Database on Protected Areas"] , UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 12 November 2007] [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6838&m=0 "BirdLife IBA Factsheet: Kambui Hills Forest Reserve"] , BirdLife International (2007, retrieved on 12 November 2007]

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* Protected areas of Sierra Leone