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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
Swierstra's Spurfowl Pternistis swierstrai	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown-faced Barbet Pogonornis minor	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Margaret's Batis Batis margaritae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	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
Red-throated Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	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
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Angola Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Angola Cave-chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A2, 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
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
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
Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A1, A3
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	94
Shrubland	5

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Moco (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-moco-iba-angola on 18/12/2024.