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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident (-)	present	A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis	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
Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	53
Forest	31
Shrubland	14

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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