Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki) - BirdLife species factsheet

Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

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.

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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	421,000	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	decreasing		suspected	-
Generation length (years)	4.1	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Feare et al. 1998).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Nguu Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains

Habitats & altitude

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Poeoptera kenricki. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/kenricks-starling-poeoptera-kenricki on 26/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 26/09/2023.