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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
Cape Gannet Morus capensis	EN	non-breeding	-	common	A1
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding	-	common	A1

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
1973	Ilheu dos Passaros	Integral Nature Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		75
Wetlands (inland)		25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mussulo (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mussulo-iba-angola on 23/11/2024.