Nialama Classified Forest

Nialama Classified Forest, also spelled Nyalama, is found in the Fouta Djalon highland region of north-west Guinea.

The forest has an area of 10,000 ha and an elevation of 200-900 m above sea level.

The main forest species are Parkia biglobosa and Pterocarpus erinaceus, with Afzelia africana and Elaeis guineensis on the savanna.

[1] Results of a survey in 1998 as part of the follow-up to the Projet de Conservation des Chimpanzes en Guinee indicated four social groups of western chimpanzees were living in the park, three of which took permanent residence in their respective blocks.

[2] The forest has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of violet turacos, red-throated bee-eaters, blue-bellied rollers, bearded barbets, fox kestrels, Senegal parrots, piapiacs, white-crowned robin-chats, chestnut-crowned sparrow-weavers and Sahel bush sparrows.

Red-throated bee-eater