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Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae



Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Authority: Laubmann, 1941

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is categorised as Near Threatened because it is restricted to forest in the Greater Sundas, a region where deforestation is occurring at a moderately rapid rate. Population declines are suspected to be ongoing at a broadly similar rate to that of forest loss.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 4,040,000 km2

Country endemic: no


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/malay-blue-banded-kingfisher-alcedo-peninsulae on 21/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 21/12/2024.