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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
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-faced Barbet Pogonornis minor	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-headed Robin-chat Cossypha heinrichi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	99

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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