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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
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni	EN	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Gabela Bushshrike Laniarius amboimensis	EN	resident (1992)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Angola Greenbul Phyllastrephus viridiceps	NT	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	85
Shrubland	11
Savanna	3

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Camabatela (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/camabatela-iba-angola on 22/12/2024.