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.
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
---|---|---|
Shrubland | 40 | |
Forest | 39 | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | 19 |
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.