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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
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

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		94
Savanna		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.