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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	497,000
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Decreasing		inferred	-
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		-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Eswatini	N	Extant	Yes
Mozambique	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	Mac-Mac Escarpment and Forests
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Entumeni Nature Reserve
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	Woody Cape Section: Addo Elephant National Park
South Africa	Tsitsikama - Plettenberg Bay
South Africa	Outeniqua 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
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	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%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Species factsheet: Tauraco corythaix. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/08/2022. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2022) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/08/2022.