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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
Grey-striped Spurfowl Pternistis griseostriatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Cape Gannet Morus capensis	EN	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Wattle-eye Platysteira albifrons	NT	resident	1998	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata	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
1957	National Park Quiçãma	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		55
Shrubland		24
Forest		18

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quiçama (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quiçama-iba-angola on 22/11/2024.