List of birds of Mali

List of birds of Mali

Officially the Republic of Mali is a landlocked nation in Western Africa. Mali is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d’Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with an estimated population of almost 12,000,000 so Mali is the world’s 24th-largest country and is comparable in size to South Africa or Peru. Most of the country lies in the southern Sahara, which produces a hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons. The country extends southwest through the subtropical Sahel to the Sudanian Savannah zone.

Its capital is Bamako. Consisting of eight regions, Mali’s borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, while the country’s southern region, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers. The country’s economic structure centers on agriculture and fishing.

Due to the insecurity in the country, the birding experience has not picked up but there is hope that in the near future it will great destination for birding in the Horn of Africa.