AO007
Chongoroi


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
Grey-striped Spurfowl Pternistis griseostriatus LC resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 1998 present A3
Pale-throated Barbet Gymnobucco vernayi VU resident 1998 present A3
Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri EN resident 1998 present A1, A2, A3
Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens LC resident 1998 present A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini LC resident 1998 present A3
Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris LC resident 1998 present A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta LC resident 1998 present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident 1998 present A3
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata LC resident 1998 present A3
Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis LC resident 1998 present A1, A2

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
Shrubland 40
Forest 39
Artificial/Terrestrial 19
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chongoroi (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chongoroi-iba-angola on 22/11/2024.