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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ground Batis Lanioturdus torquatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cunene Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis violacior	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1964	National Park Bicuar	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		39
Artificial/Terrestrial		30
Shrubland		24
Grassland		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bicuari National Park (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bicuari-national-park-iba-angola on 23/11/2024.