Wildlife of Angola

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Plains zebra in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Springbok in Etosha National Park
Wildebeest in Kruger National Park
African buffalo in Mabula Game Reserve
Ground pangolin in Madikwe Game Reserve

The wildlife of Angola is composed of its flora and fauna.

An atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of Angola was published in 2018, and reported 117 species of amphibians and 278 of reptiles.[1]

A major book on the biodiversity of Angola was published in 2019, and reported more than 2,000 species of organisms (plants, invertebrates and vertebrate animals),[2] and 1,313 fossil species.[3]

Fauna

Mammals

Main article: List of mammals of Angola

Birds

Main article: List of birds of Angola

The avifauna of Angola includes a total of 983 species, of which 14 are endemic, 1 has been introduced by humans, and 4 are rare or accidental. 20 species are globally threatened.[citation needed]

The western Angola Endemic Bird Area has 14 range-restricted species. Little is known about the conservation status of the region's birds due to the Angolan Civil War from 1975 until 2002. The greatest diversity of restricted-range species is found in Cuanza Sul Province, and given the uncertainty about their current status, many of these species are listed as threatened. Gabela bushshrikes (Laniarius amboimensis) are common and Monteiro's bushshrikes (Malaconotus monteiri) are fairly common in degraded secondary forest, old coffee plantations and primary forest at Kumbira. Pulitzer's longbills (Macrosphenus pulitzeri) are fairly common at higher elevations at Kumbira as well as in the dense understorey of secondary forest west of Seles. Angola cave chats ((Xenocopsychus ansorgei) are found on the rocky slopes above the forest at Kumbira.[citation needed]

Insects

See also: Category:Insects of Angola

Fish

See also: Category:Fish of Angola

Reptiles

There are currently 278 species are recorded for the country [4]

See also: Category:Reptiles of Angola

Amphibians

There are currently 117 species are recorded for the country.[5]

See also: Category:Amphibians of Angola

Flora

See also: Category:Flora of Angola

The southern and central coasts include the

baobab and euphorbia trees.[6]

The

montane forest with rare flora.[citation needed
]

The grassy savanna in the north includes

miombo woodland and some evergreen forest.[citation needed
]

Notes

  1. ISSN 0068-547X
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  2. ISBN 978-3-030-03082-7
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  3. ^ Mateus, Octavio; Callapez, Pedro; Polcyn, M.; Schulp, A.; Gonçalves, A.; Jacobs, L. (2019). The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective. Springer.
  4. ISSN 0068-547X
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  5. ISSN 0068-547X
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  6. ISBN 978-0-679-43234-0
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References
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