Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: Ramsay, 1886

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is suspected to have a small population, fragmented into different subpopulations. The population and subpopulation sizes are not thought to meet the threshold for Vulnerable, but they may approach these values and hence the species is listed as Near Threatened. Further information regarding population size estimates may lead to this species being uplisted in the future.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 119,000 km²

Country endemic: yes