Family: Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies)

Authority: van Someren, 1920

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)

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Justification of Red List category
The range of this species is very small and severely fragmented, and it no longer occurs at some of its few known locations. For these reasons, and since its forest habitat continues to be destroyed and degraded, it is listed as Endangered.

Population size: 13000-34000

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,600 km²

Country endemic: No

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