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Taxonomic note
Crithagra scotops (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Serinus following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
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.
Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. 1993. Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press, Li
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	786,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Stable		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.8	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon or locally common (Clement 1999).

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

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Eswatini	N	Extant	Yes
South Africa	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eswatini	Malolotja Nature Reserve
South Africa	Soutpansberg
South Africa	Wolkberg Forest Belt
South Africa	Blyde River Canyon
South Africa	Graskop Grasslands
South Africa	Mac-Mac Escarpment and Forests
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Amersfoort - Bethal - Carolina District
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve
South Africa	Maloti Drakensberg Park
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal Mistbelt Forests
South Africa	Karkloof Nature Reserve
South Africa	Impendle Nature Reserve
South Africa	Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve
South Africa	Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
South Africa	Mkhambati Nature Reserve
South Africa	Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve
South Africa	Katberg - Readsdale forest complex
South Africa	Amatole Forest Complex
South Africa	Kouga - Baviaanskloof Complex
South Africa	Woody Cape Section: Addo Elephant National Park
South Africa	Maitland - Gamtoos coast
South Africa	Tsitsikama - Plettenberg Bay
South Africa	Boland Mountains
South Africa	Outeniqua mountains
South Africa	Langeberg Mountains
South Africa	Wilderness - Sedgefield Lakes Complex

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Crithagra scotops. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.