Family: Zosteropidae (White-eyes and Yuhinas)

Authority: (Kittlitz, 1831)

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been downlisted from Vulnerable following evidence that its population is larger than previously estimated and is probably stable and not declining, as previously inferred. The species is listed as Near Threatened because it remains susceptible to the impacts of extreme weather events, which could result in it qualifying as threatened within one or two generations.

Population size: 15600 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 130 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome