Family: Irenidae (Fairy-bluebirds)

Authority: Sharpe, 1877

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This newly split species is listed as Near Threatened, as it suspected to have undergone a moderately rapid population decline over the past three generations inferred from rates of habitat loss and degradation, coupled with an unquantified but apparently significant effect of hunting and trapping.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 42,400 km²

Country endemic: yes