Sirkeer Malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii) - BirdLife species factsheet

Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Taccocua leschenaultii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Phaenicophaeus.

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. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

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)	3,960,000
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)	4.2	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally a rather rare species (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

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	Resident
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Nepal	Barandabhar forests and wetlands
Nepal	Bardia National Park
Nepal	Dang Deukhuri foothill forests and west Rapti wetlands
Nepal	Chitwan National Park
Nepal	Dharan forests
Nepal	Ghodaghodi Lake
Nepal	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and Koshi Barrage
Nepal	Parsa Wildlife Reserve
Nepal	Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve
India	Noorukuppalakonda Reserve Forest
India	Guru Ghasidas Tiger Reserve
India	Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
India	Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary and Maniyari Reservoir

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Taccocua leschenaultii. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sirkeer-malkoha-taccocua-leschenaultii on 29/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 29/09/2023.