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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	1998	present	A1
Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii	EN	resident	1998	present	A3
Rüppell's Bustard Heterotetrax rueppelii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	CR	non-breeding	1998	present	A1
Cape Gannet Morus capensis	EN	non-breeding	1998	common	A1
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding	2001	2,000-2,400 individuals	A1, A4i
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Barred Wren-warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Herero Chat Namibornis herero	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1964	National Park Iona	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		62
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		19
Grassland		17

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iona National Park (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iona-national-park-iba-angola on 22/11/2024.