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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
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-throated Barbet Gymnobucco vernayi	VU	resident	1998	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	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
Gabela Helmetshrike Prionops gabela	EN	resident	1975	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-necked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia chalybea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Wattle-eye Platysteira albifrons	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Gabela Bushshrike Laniarius amboimensis	EN	resident	1992	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus	LC	resident	1998	present	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
Angola Greenbul Phyllastrephus viridiceps	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Angola Cave-chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Gabela Akalat Sheppardia gabela	EN	resident	1992	present	A1, A2, A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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
Forest		67
Savanna		18
Shrubland		12
Artificial/Terrestrial		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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