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Camabatela is situated in Cuanza Norte province of north-western Angola (08 11S, 15 23E) on the edge of the northern scarp forests, although the limits of the IBA are poorly defined. The actual IBA lies at least 20 km to the west of the town where the scarp forests hold a significant population of the Endangered Braun's Bushshrike.

The area was relatively well collected by Braun (as summarised in Dean 2001) and the list, based on older data, consisted of 215 species.

Since then MSL Mills (unpublished data) has made a couple of brief visits to the area (2009-2013), recording 66 species of which only 3 were new. The total list for the area is now 218.


References

Dean WRJ. 2001. Angola. Pages 71–91 in Fishpool LDC and Evans MI (eds) Important bird areas in Africa and associated islands: priority sites for conservation. Newbury and Cambridge, UK: Pisces Publications and BirdLife International.


Bird List with comments

Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani): Dean (2001).
Red-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis afer): Dean (2001).
Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis): Dean (2001).
Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii): Dean (2001).
Striated Heron (Butorides striata): Dean (2001).
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta): Dean (2001).
Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens): Dean (2001).
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus): Dean (2001).
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus): Dean (2001).
Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius): Dean (2001).
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis): Dean (2001).
Congo Serpent Eagle (Dryotriorchis spectabilis): Dean (2001).
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): Dean (2001). African Marsh Harrier is more likely.
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus): Dean (2001).
Red-necked Buzzard (Buteo auguralis): Dean (2001).
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila africana): Dean (2001).
Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis): Dean (2001).
White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra): Dean (2001).
Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans): Dean (2001).
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): Dean (2001).
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Blue-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur afer): Dean (2001).
Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi): Dean (2001).
Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Guinea Turaco (Tauraco persa): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor): Dean (2001). Unlikely in this area.
Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus): Dean (2001).
Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus): Dean (2001).
Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus): Dean (2001).
Diederick Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius): Dean (2001).
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus): Dean (2001).
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi): Dean (2001).
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus): Dean (2001).
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius): Dean (2001).
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): Dean (2001).
Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti): Dean (2001). Unlikely in this area.
African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii): Dean (2001).
African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus): Dean (2001). Red-backed is more likely.
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina): Dean (2001).
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus): Dean (2001).
European Roller (Coracias garrulus): Dean (2001).
Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis): Dean (2001).
Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus): Dean (2001).
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala): Dean (2001).
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis): Dean (2001).
African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei): Dean (2001).
African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta): Dean (2001).
White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster): Dean (2001).
Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus): Dean (2001).
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima): Dean (2001).
Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus): Dean (2001).
Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus): Dean (2001). Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is more likely here.
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Hoopoe (Upupa africana): Dean (2001).
African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator): Dean (2001).
Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata): Dean (2001).
Naked-faced Barbet (Gymnobucco calvus): Dean (2001).
Speckled Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus): Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Hairy-breasted Barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Cassin's Honeybird (Prodotiscus insignis): Dean (2001).
African Piculet (Sasia africana): Dean (2001).
Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera nivosa): Dean (2001).
Brown-eared Woodpecker (Campethera caroli): Dean (2001).
Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Dendropicos xantholophus): Dean (2001).
Elliot's Woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii): Dean (2001).
African Broadbill (Smithornis capensis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus): Dean (2001).
Angola Batis (Batis minulla): Dean (2001).
Chestnut Wattle-eye (Platysteira castanea): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta): Dean (2001).
Many-colored Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor): Dean (2001).
Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei): Dean (2001).
Gorgeous Bushshrike (Telophorus viridis): Dean (2001).
Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis): Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus): Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Pink-footed Puffback (Dryoscopus angolensis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni): Dean (2001).
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina): Dean (2001).
Mackinnon's Shrike (Lanius mackinnoni): Dean (2001).
Southern Fiscal (Lanius collaris): Dean (2001).
Western Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus): Dean (2001). Not confirmed.
Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii): Dean (2001).
Velvet-mantled Drongo (Dicrurus modestus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea): Dean (2001).
African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis): Dean (2001).
Pied Crow (Corvus albus): Dean (2001).
African Blue Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda): Dean (2001).
White-winged Black Tit (Parus leucomelas): Dean (2001).
Yellow-throated Nicator (Nicator vireo): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Angola Lark (Mirafra angolensis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea): Dean (2001).
Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Slender-billed Greenbul (Stelgidillas gracilirostris): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Plain Greenbul (Eurillas curvirostris): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (Eurillas latirostris): Dean (2001).
Honeyguide Greenbul (Baeopogon indicator): Dean (2001).
Falkenstein's Greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Simple Greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex): Dean (2001).
White-throated Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Red-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus): Dean (2001).
Black-collared Bulbul (Neolestes torquatus): Dean (2001).
Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis): Dean (2001).
Moustached Grass Warbler (Melocichla mentalis): Dean (2001).
Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Green Hylia (Hylia prasina): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Tit Hylia (Pholidornis rushiae): Dean (2001).
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus): Dean (2001).
Greater Swamp Warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens): Dean (2001).
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler (Iduna natalensis): Dean (2001).
Fan-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola brevirostris): Dean (2001).
Lepe Cisticola (Cisticola lepe): Dean (2001).
Chattering Cisticola (Cisticola anonymus): Dean (2001). Both Chattering and Bubbling Cisticola are unlikely.
Bubbling Cisticola (Cisticola bulliens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis): Dean (2001).
Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava): Dean (2001).
Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
White-chinned Prinia (Schistolais leucopogon): Dean (2001).
Lowland Masked Apalis (Apalis binotata): Dean (2001).
Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni): Dean (2001).
Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Yellow-browed Camaroptera (Camaroptera superciliaris): Dean (2001).
Rufous-crowned Eremomela (Eremomela badiceps): Dean (2001).
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Brown Illadopsis (Illadopsis fulvescens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Hill Babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica): Dean (2001). Included in error.
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin): Dean (2001).
African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis): Dean (2001).
Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus fulgidus): Dean (2001).
Narrow-tailed Starling (Poeoptera lugubris): Dean (2001).
White-tailed Rufous Thrush (Neocossyphus poensis): Dean (2001).
Fraser's Rufous Thrush (Stizorhina fraseri): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Thrush (Turdus pelios): Dean (2001).
Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus): Dean (2001).
Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra): Dean (2001).
Pale Flycatcher (Bradornis pallidus): Dean (2001).
Ashy Flycatcher (Muscicapa caerulescens): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Cassin's Flycatcher (Muscicapa cassini): Dean (2001).
Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa comitata): Dean (2001).
Sooty Flycatcher (Muscicapa infuscata): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher (Myioparus griseigularis): Dean (2001).
Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus): Dean (2001).
Fraser's Sunbird (Deleornis fraseri): Dean (2001).
Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi): Dean (2001).
Grey-chinned Sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris): Dean (2001).
Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis): Dean (2001).
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Carmelite Sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa): Dean (2001).
Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens): Dean (2001).
Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus): Dean (2001).
Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri): Dean (2001).
Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus): Dean (2001).
Copper Sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus): Dean (2001).
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus): Dean (2001).
Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons): Dean (2001).
Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops): Dean (2001).
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus): Dean (2001).
Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus): Dean (2001).
Yellow-mantled Weaver (Ploceus tricolor): Dean (2001).
Red-headed Malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis): Dean (2001).
Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus): Dean (2001).
Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps): Dean (2001).
Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops): Dean (2001).
Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea): Dean (2001).
Black-winged Red Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus): Dean (2001).
Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis): Dean (2001).
Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura): Dean (2001).
White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus): Dean (2001).
Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens): Dean (2001).
White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita bicolor): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Pale-fronted Nigrita (Nigrita luteifrons): Dean (2001).
Grey-headed Nigrita (Nigrita canicapillus): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Green Twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula): Dean (2001).
Black-bellied Seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus): Dean (2001).
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla): Dean (2001).
Landana Firefinch (Lagonosticta landanae): Dean (2001).
Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola): Dean (2001).
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild): Dean (2001).
Orange-breasted Waxbill (Amandava subflava): Dean (2001).
Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata): Dean (2001).
Black-and-white Mannikin (Lonchura bicolor): Dean (2001), Mills (2009-2013), unpublished data.
Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea): Dean (2001).
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura): Dean (2001).
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa): Dean (2001).
Black-faced Canary (Crithagra capistrata): Dean (2001).
Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica): Dean (2001).

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