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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
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus	DD	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	87
Shrubland	11
Artificial/Terrestrial	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cuango (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cuango-iba-angola on 23/12/2024.