There are more than 40 mayas (wetlands) in Dinder National Park occupying low lands. Due to the variety
and nature of Dinder’s mayas, about 250 species of birds are identified, many
of them are migrants. The migrants include yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria
ibis), woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), yellow and European
wagtail (Motacilla spp). The Park is also used by intra-Africa migrants e.g.
Abdim’s stork (Ciconia abdimii), spur-wing goose (Plectropterus
gambensis ) Numbers of waterbirds
in DNP is influenced by seasonality and yearly climatic change. Drought that
struck the area in 2010 affected the abundance of waterbirds considerably. Most
of the mayas were not filled with water during the rainy season; some of them
dried out early in the dry season with a subsequent decrease in the number and
diversity of waterbirds visiting the Park)
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| Ras Amir wetland in DNP |
