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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	-	frequent	A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cunene Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis violacior	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1964	National Park Mupa	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		62
Grassland		25
Shrubland		11
Forest		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mupa National Park (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mupa-national-park-iba-angola on 22/11/2024.