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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
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
Brown-faced Barbet Pogonornis minor	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
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

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		99

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-

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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 22/11/2024.