Montanha is a settlement in the central part of the island of
Santiago,
Cape Verde
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. It is situated 2 km north of
João Teves and 8 km southwest of
. The area is intensively farmed; mainly maize, beans and sugar-cane.
Mahogany trees
There are two
African mahogany trees near the village of Banana (part of the settlement Montanha), standing at the bottom of the Ribeira Montanha valley, 400 m above sea level. The trees were identified as an
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) by
BirdLife International
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because they support a
colony of
purple herons
or
Bourne's heron
Bourne's heron (''Ardea purpurea bournei''), also known as the Cape Verde heron, Cape Verde purple heron or Santiago heron, or locally in Portuguese as the ''garça vermelha'', is an endangered subspecies of the purple heron that is endemic to ...
s.
References
Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde
São Lourenço dos Órgãos
Important Bird Areas of Cape Verde
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