Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: (Meade-Waldo, 1889)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1b(ii,iii)+2b(ii,iii); C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category

This species has a small population size that is endemic to the island of Fuerteventura, occupying a very small range and undergoing a slow level of decline, hence it is assessed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 13300-15500,14400 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,700 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial