AO018
Mombolo (Missão da Namba)


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
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus VU resident (-) uncommon A1
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus LC resident (1998) present A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata LC resident (1998) present A3
Brown-faced Barbet Pogonornis minor LC resident (1998) present A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa LC resident (1998) present A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus LC resident (1998) present A3
Angola Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus LC resident (1998) present A2, A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani LC resident (1998) present A3
Bocage's Sunbird Nectarinia bocagii LC resident (1998) present A3
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentus LC resident (-) present A1
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea LC resident (1998) present A3
Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei LC resident (1998) present A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni LC resident (1998) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 99

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mombolo (Missão da Namba) (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mombolo-(missão-da-namba)-iba-angola on 23/12/2024.