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Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency low
Land-mass type Average mass 25 g
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 10,800,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 3.8 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common across the Sahel, very common across central Sudan and common in central Yemen (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Bahrain extant vagrant yes
Burkina Faso extant native yes
Cameroon extant native yes
Chad extant native yes
Djibouti extant native yes
Egypt extant vagrant yes
Eritrea extant native yes
Ethiopia extant native yes
Guinea-Bissau extant native yes
Israel extant native yes
Jordan extant vagrant yes
Kuwait extant vagrant yes
Mali extant native yes
Mauritania extant native yes
Niger extant native yes
Nigeria extant native yes
Oman extant vagrant yes
Qatar extant native yes yes
Saudi Arabia extant native yes
Senegal extant native yes
Somalia extant native yes
Sudan extant native yes
United Arab Emirates extant vagrant yes
Yemen extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Burkina Faso Béli River
Burkina Faso Lake Oursi - Lake Darkoye
Cameroon Kalamaloué National Park
Cameroon Logone flood-plain
Cameroon Waza National Park
Cameroon Lake Maga
Djibouti Dôda
Eritrea Western Plain: Barka river
Eritrea Central Plateau (Keren)
Eritrea Massawa coast
Eritrea Western Plain: Gash - Setit
Mali Tombouctou
Mali Ag Oua - Ag Arbech
Mali Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo
Mali Falaise de Bandiagara
Mauritania Arâguîb el Jahfa
Mauritania Wagchogda
Mauritania Aftout es Sâheli
Mauritania Diawling National Park
Mauritania Wad Initi
Niger 'W' National Park
Niger Makalondi district
Niger Dallol Boboye
Niger Dilia de Lagané
Niger NNR Aïr - Ténéré
Nigeria Chad Basin National Park: Chingurmi - Duguma Sector
Nigeria Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Nigeria Sambisa Game Reserve
Sudan Um Badr lake
Sudan Jebel Marra
Sudan En Nahud
Sudan Lake Kundi
Senegal River Sénégal (Ntiagar to Richard-Toll)
Senegal Ferlo North
Senegal Ferlo South
Chad Fada Archei
Chad Ouadi Rimé - Ouadi Achim
Chad Lake Chad
Saudi Arabia Al-Habrow al-Arabi
Yemen Al-Murah
Yemen Wadi Mawr - Al-Zuhrah
Yemen Al-Kadan area
Yemen Wadi Jahr
Niger Termit Mountains

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Desert Hot suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Savanna Dry major resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry major resident
Altitude 0 - 1500 m Occasional altitudinal limits (max) 1600 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cercotrichas podobe. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-scrub-robin-cercotrichas-podobe on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.