Family: Fringillidae (Finches)

Authority: Ogilvie-Grant, 1900

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been classified as Near Threatened owing to its small population, which is restricted to scattered subpopulations and is suspected to be declining.

Population size: 6000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 624,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial