Family: Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Authority: (Clarke, 1904)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(iii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Critically Endangered owing to a continuing decline in habitat quality caused by the presence of introduced mice. Mouse predation has forced this species out of coastal areas into sub-optimal upland habitat but recent surveys suggest that the population has been stable over the past decade. This stability may be temporary, as there are no significant barriers to future increases in the mouse population in upland areas in the absence of a successful eradication effort. There remains the need for urgent conservation intervention, which would also benefit the island's breeding seabirds, to secure its future.

Population size: 1118-2030,1440 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 96 km²

Country endemic: yes

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