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 |
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla | LC | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus | DD | resident | 1998 | present | A3 |
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii | 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 |
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti | 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.
Year | Protected Area | Designation | % overlap with IBA |
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1970 | National Park Cangandala | National Park | 100 |
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
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Forest | 100 |
Land use | % of IBA |
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nature conservation and research | - |
other | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cangandala National Park (Angola). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cangandala-national-park-iba-angola on 22/11/2024.