Golden Greenbul (Calyptocichla serinus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Calyptocichla serinus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Calyptocichla serina.

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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	nomadic	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	4,370,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	stable		suspected	-
Generation length (years)	3.5	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common to rare (Keith et al. 1992).

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
Angola	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Gabon	extant	native
Ghana	extant	native
Guinea	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Sierra Leone	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Maiombe
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Mabi Forest reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bura River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Cape Three Points Forest Reserve
Ghana	Dadieso Forest Reserve
Ghana	Draw River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve
Ghana	Fure River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Jema-Asemkrom Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mamiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Subri River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Liberia	Grebo
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Congo	Ntokou Pikounda Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Calyptocichla serinus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/golden-greenbul-calyptocichla-serinus on 01/10/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 01/10/2023.