Family: Fringillidae (Finches)

Authority: (Salvadori, 1888)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,v);C2a(i,ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very small range, within which it has been recorded only rarely (on which occasions it has usually been assessed as uncommon). It is therefore estimated to have a small population, and is increasingly threatened by habitat alteration. For these reasons the species is listed as Endangered. Extensive and intensifying land-use changes within its range pose ever more serious threats, and the full extent and consequences of these require investigation.

Population size: 250-999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 4,600 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial