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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident	-	frequent	A1
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	VU	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris	DD	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Upemba	Parc National	1,367,365	is identical to site	1,173,000
Lubudi-Sampwe	Domaine de Chasse	348,876	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Bassin de la Lufira	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4,470,993	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upemba National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upemba-national-park-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 08/12/2023.