The forest reserve is 70 kilometers from Bujumbura city and one can access the site by mainly using road transport as one can board from the country's capital Bujumbura to the forest reserve centre. Bururi Forest Nature Reserve is situated on the extreme southern edge of the Congo-Nile divide and is a small patch of forest lying immediately west of the town of Bururi in south-western Burundi. The reserve is 3,300 hectares; the remaining semi-evergreen forest covers only some 1,600 hectares.
The area is situated at a biogeographic crossroads such that, in addition to holding many plant and animal species of the montane forests of the Congo-Nile divide, it contains elements associated with the Zambezian region to the south, the drier savanna areas of the east and even the lowland evergreen forests of Democratic Republic of Congo. Annual rainfall varies from 1,200 mm to 2,400 mm.
Bururi forest reserve is rich with variety of 205 bird species, 6 species are at the IUCN red list and 12 species are endemic to Albertine Rift and 36 belong to Afrotropical Highlands biome like Dusky Turtle-dove, mountain Buzzard Buteo, Cinnamon-chested bee- eater, Montane nightjar, Ruwenzori batis-batis, scarce swift, fine banded woodpecker, white-tailed crested - flycatcher and many others that have their homes in the reserve.
The most noteworthy are the Ross touraco, the gray-cheeked hornbill and many other forest birds. Its ornithological wealth has allowed Bird Life International to classify it as an important bird conservation area. This forest is home to many species of amphibians, including a very rare species, the small long finger frog Cardioglossa cyaneospila rediscovered in 2011 by a recent mission of the University of Texas> and the University of California after its first discovery in this forest in 1949.
It is home to an important avifauna, including rare and endemic species in the Albertine Rift region, namely Zoothera tanganyicae and Apalis argentea. The reserve versatility of bird species makes it the best destination for bird life giving best details' to bird lovers and researchers.
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