Family: Emberizidae (Old World Buntings)

Authority: Brehm, 1855

Red List Category

Criteria: C1

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Justification of Red List category
This poorly known migratory species is classified as Near Threatened because its moderately small population is suspected to be declining as a result of the conversion and degradation of its habitats; it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criterion C1. Improved information on its population size and trend may in due course lead to a reassessment of its status.

Population size: 7000-12600 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 489,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
AEMLAP