Family: Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Authority: Siebers, 1928

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

Click here for more information about the Red List categories and criteria

Justification of Red List category
The species is estimated to have a small population size that is suspected of undergoing a significant ongoing population decline due to an unquantified threat from trapping for the domestic cage bird trade, exacerbated by habitat conversion and degradedation. For these reasons it is proposed to list the species as Vulnerable.

Population size: 2500-9999

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 30,200 km²

Country endemic: Yes