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 |
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Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo | 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 |
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli | 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 |
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1938 | National Park Cameia | National Park | 100 |
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
---|---|---|
Grassland | 93 | |
Forest | 4 | |
Shrubland | 1 |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cameia National Park (Angola). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cameia-national-park-iba-angola on 23/11/2024.