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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
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

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		37
Shrubland		33
Forest		27

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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