Serra Malagueta
{{Short description|Mountain range & natural park in Cape Verde}}
{{for|the settlement|Serra Malagueta (village)}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Serra Malagueta
| photo = Serra Malagueta CV.jpg
| photo_caption = Serra Malagueta
| elevation_m = 1064
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| prominence = 2nd in Santiago
| map = Cape Verde
| map_caption =
| label_position = top
| listing = List of mountains in Cape Verde
| location = northern Santiago
| coordinates = {{coord|15|10|46|N|23|40|20|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| topo =
| type =
| age = Miocene and Pliocene
| geology = basalt, basanite
| last_eruption =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = dirt road
}}
Serra Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. At 1064 m elevation,[http://www.pardela.org/espacio_protegido/idioma/es/espacio/8_parque-natural-de-serra-malagueta--ilha-de-santiago-.htm Serra Malagueta Natural Park] Pardela {{in lang|pt}}, accessed 2018-04-07 it is highest point of northern Santiago. The mountain range is protected as the Serra Malagueta Natural Park (Parque Natural de Serra Malagueta), that was established on February 24, 2005 and covers 774 hectares.[http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/cvi154186.pdf Resolução nº 36/2016], Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas[http://www.areasprotegidas.gov.cv/images/Parques%20Naturais_pdf.pdf Parques Naturais], Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde The natural park is situated in the municipalities Tarrafal, São Miguel and Santa Catarina. The summit is in São Miguel, south of the Ribeira Principal valley. The Serra Malagueta formation is of volcanic origin, and was formed between 2.9 and 2.4 million years ago.{{cite journal|last=Holm|first=P. M.|title=An 40Ar-39Ar study of the Cape Verde hot spot: temporal evolution in a semistationary plate environment|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|publisher=J. Geophys. Res.|volume=113|year=2008|page=B08201|doi=10.1029/2007JB005339|doi-access=free}}
Flora
File:Santiago-Echium hypertropicum (4).jpgFile:Smalagueta.jpg
The park features about 124 species of plants, of which 28 are endemic species or subspecies.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecoserramalagueta.cv:80/EN/EN%20Ecology/EN%20Ecology.html|title=Ecology of Serra Malagueta|publisher=Eco Serra Malagueta|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228180629/http://www.ecoserramalagueta.cv:80/EN/EN%20Ecology/EN%20Ecology.html|archivedate=2011-12-28}} The endemic plants are threatened by invasive species from outside the park including Lantana camara (lantana) and Furcraea foetida (giant cabuya). Limonium lobinii (carqueja de Santiago) is only found in this park.
Fauna
In the park there are 19 species of birds, of which eight are endemic. Many of these are endangered, including Ardea purpurea bournei (Bourne's heron), Acrocephalus brevipennis (Cape Verde warbler){{Cite journal|last=Batalha|first=Helena R.|last2=Wright|first2=David J.|last3=Barr|first3=Iain|last4=Collar|first4=Nigel J.|last5=Richardson|first5=David S.|date=2017-04-01|title=Genetic diversity and divergence in the endangered Cape Verde warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis|journal=Conservation Genetics|language=en|volume=18|issue=2|pages=343–357|doi=10.1007/s10592-016-0909-3|issn=1566-0621|url=https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/61645/1/Accepted_manuscript.pdf}} and Cape Verde buzzard (Buteo bannermani). Four species of mammals are found, including one species of monkey. Six species of reptiles are found (four are endemic) and one endemic amphibian species. Invertebrates such as butterflies are found including Acherontia atropos and Papilio demodocus; one beetle is endangered: Diplognatha gagates.
See also
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090930064113/http://www.ecoserramalagueta.cv/EN/EN%20Index.html Eco Serra Malagueta/Serra Malagueta Natural Park]
- [https://archive.today/20090930081447/http://www.ecoserramalagueta.cv/EN/EN%20Ecology/EN%20Wildlife.html Wildlife of Serra Malagueta]
- [https://protectedplanet.net/313160 Serra Malagueta] at the IUCN page
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{{Protected areas in Cape Verde}}
Category:Geography of Santiago, Cape Verde