AO002
Caconda


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus LC resident (1998) present A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata LC resident (1998) present A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni LC resident (1998) present A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris LC resident (1998) present A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-throated Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa LC resident (1998) present A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii LC resident (1998) present A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis LC resident (1998) present A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus LC resident (1998) present A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata LC resident (1998) present A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti LC resident (1998) present A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae LC resident (1998) present A3
Bocage's Sunbird Nectarinia bocagii LC resident (1998) present A3
Oustalet's Sunbird Cinnyris oustaleti LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis LC resident (1998) present A3
Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis LC resident (1998) present A3
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula LC resident (1998) present A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni LC resident (1998) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 54
Shrubland 26
Artificial/Terrestrial 18

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caconda (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caconda-iba-angola on 23/12/2024.