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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 (-)	frequent	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage (-)	common	A1
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	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
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	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
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	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
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bocage's Sunbird Nectarinia bocagii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Oustalet's Sunbird Cinnyris oustaleti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1957	Integral Nature Reserve and the Luando	Integral Nature Reserve (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	82
Shrubland	17

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luando Strict Nature Reserve (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luando-strict-nature-reserve-iba-angola on 23/12/2024.