Family: Ploceidae (Weavers)

Authority: Newton, 1865

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been downlisted from Vulnerable following evidence that its population is larger than previously thought and increasing rapidly. It is listed as Near Threatened because it occupies a tiny range and remains susceptible to stochastic events and the impacts of introduced species, such that it could qualify as threatened within one or two generations.

Population size: 2600-5400 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 12 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial