Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1+2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been downlisted to Near Threatened based on a slightly larger population size than previously considered that is suspected to be undergoing a slower population decline. This is due to habitat loss and degradation across the species's limited range, in which it also incurs narrow habitat requirements.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 95,300 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Freshwater