AO007
Chongoroi


IBA Justification

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
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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 40
Forest 39
Artificial/Terrestrial 19

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 23/12/2024.