Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi

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Taxonomy

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
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	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	947,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
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)	3.6	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon in much of its range, although locally common in Liberia where the population is estimated to be 300,000 pairs.

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	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident
Cameroon	N	Extant	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant	Yes
Ghana	N	Extant	Yes
Guinea	N	Extant	Yes
Liberia	N	Extant	Yes
Nigeria	N	Extant	Yes
Sierra Leone	N	Extant	Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie 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	Korup National Park
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Draw River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest
Ghana	Nsuensa Forest Reserve
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Zwedru
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Ghana	Kalakpa Resource Reserve

Habitats & altitude

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Macrosphenus kempi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.