AO013
Lago Carumbo


IBA Justification

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
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (1998) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (1998) present A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata LC resident (1998) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (1998) present A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (1998) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata LC resident (1998) present A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii LC resident (1998) present A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani LC resident (1998) present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (1998) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (1998) present A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni LC resident (1998) present A3
Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi LC resident (1998) present A1, A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 94
Savanna 5

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
urban/industrial/transport -
other -


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