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Taxonomic source(s)
Andrew, P. 1992. The Birds of Indonesia: A Checklist (Peters' Sequence). Indonesian Ornithological Society, Jakarta.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and 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
2017	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	111 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	43,500	medium
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	1,600
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals				0
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		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.7	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common (Coates and Bishop 1997).

Trend justification: The species is suspected to be in decline as a result of habitat loss.

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Indonesia	N	Extant	Yes
Timor-Leste	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Timor-Leste	Tilomar
Timor-Leste	Sungai Klere
Timor-Leste	Lore
Timor-Leste	Mount Paitchau and Lake Iralalaro
Timor-Leste	Be Malae
Timor-Leste	Maubara
Timor-Leste	Monte Mak Fahik - Sarim
Timor-Leste	Subaun
Indonesia	Kateri - Maubesi
Indonesia	Semau
Indonesia	Bipolo
Indonesia	Camplong
Indonesia	Manipo
Indonesia	Gunung Timau
Indonesia	Gunung Mutis
Indonesia	Oenasi
Indonesia	Buat - Soe

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 160 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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: Sphecotheres viridis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/06/2022. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2022) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/06/2022.