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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
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus	DD	resident	1998	present	A3
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oustalet's Sunbird Cinnyris oustaleti	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		58
Shrubland		39
Savanna		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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