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Taxonomic note

Todiramphus veneratus and T. youngi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as T. veneratus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Near Threatened	B1b(iii)+2b(iii)
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	1,320
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	1,320
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	100000-199999	poor	estimated	2022
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
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	1	-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation	100	-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.8	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is very similar to, and usually considered conspecific with, T. youngi, which occurs on the neighbouring island of Moorea at a density of 240 birds/km² (Kesler et al. 2010), thought to be equivalent to c.170-210 mature individuals/km². The density of the two species appears to be similar (eBird 2022). The species is assumed to have high (60-80%) occupancy on Tahiti (1,045 km²) and is therefore estimated to have a population size of 106,500-175,500, rounded to 100,000-199,999 here.

Trend justification: No robust population data are available for this species but it is suspected to be declining locally owing to ongoing habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 2001, Google Earth 2021).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
French Polynesia	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
French Polynesia	Vallée de la Papenoo
French Polynesia	Baie de Port Phaéton et lagune de Mitirapa
French Polynesia	Crêtes et pentes du Mont Marau
French Polynesia	Vallées Maruapo, Papehue, Hopuetamai et Orofero

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Tourism & recreation areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Todiramphus veneratus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.