AO003
Calandula (Quedas de Calandula)


IBA Justification

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
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
Brown-faced Barbet Pogonornis minor LC resident 1998 present A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae 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

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 99
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -


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 23/11/2024.