Family: Malaconotidae (Helmetshrikes, bushshrikes and puffbacks)

Authority: Serle, 1951

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,v); D

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Endangered because it has a very small range, and is likely to have an extremely small population. Furthermore, the quality of its habitat on Mt Kupe is declining such that the future of the species there is increasingly uncertain (Collar and Stuart 1985).

Population size: 50-249

Population trend: Decreasing

Distribution size (breeding/resident): 6,600 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome