AO023
Tundavala


IBA Justification

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
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus LC resident (1998) present A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea LC resident (1998) present A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla LC resident (1998) present A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus LC resident (1998) present A3
Benguela Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis benguelensis LC resident (1998) present A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana 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
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis 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
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus LC resident (1998) present A3
Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis LC resident (1998) present A1, A2
Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei LC resident (1998) present A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni LC resident (1998) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 37
Shrubland 33
Forest 27

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tundavala (Angola). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tundavala-iba-angola on 23/12/2024.