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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Whistling Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx lemaireae	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident	1998	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brazza's Martin Phedinopsis brazzae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Savanna		-
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luachimo River (Chitato). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luachimo-river-(chitato)-iba-angola on 04/10/2023.