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Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush Myophonus blighi



Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: (Holdsworth, 1872)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v);C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Endangered because it has a very small, severely fragmented population and range, which are undergoing a continuing decline as a result of degradation and destruction of upland forest.



Population size: 600-1700 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 7,300 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush Myophonus blighi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sri-lanka-whistling-thrush-myophonus-blighi on 03/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/12/2024.