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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
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident	-	frequent	A1
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-faced Barbet Pogonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Laura's Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus laurae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris	DD	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	2000	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
1939	Upemba	Parc National	100
2017	Bassin de la Lufira	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	97

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		64
Shrubland		20
Grassland		7
Wetlands (inland)		6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upemba National Park (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upemba-national-park-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 22/11/2024.