Data Zone
Taxonomic note
Boesman & Collar (2019) establish Buccanodon dowsetti as a split from B. duchaillui based on voice and tail length. Pending reaction from the ornithological community to splits based entirely on voice, it appears appropriate to accept the validity of these new species given their meeting of the Tobias criteria.
Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2020. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip.
| Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
| Year | Category | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Least Concern |
| Migratory status | not a migrant | Forest dependency | Does not normally occur in forest |
| Land mass type | Average mass | - |
| Estimate | Data quality | |
|---|---|---|
| Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) | 525,000 | |
| Number of locations | - | |
| Severely Fragmented | - |
| Value | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of mature individuals | unknown | not applicable | not applicable | 0 |
| Population trend | Decreasing | inferred | - | |
| 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 | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but it has been described as a relatively common species (B. Phalan in litt. 2020).
Trend justification: The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).
| Country/Territory | Occurrence status | Presence | Resident | Breeding | Non-breeding | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | N | Extant | Yes | |||
| Ghana | N | Extant | Yes | |||
| Guinea | N | Extant | Yes | |||
| Liberia | N | Extant | Yes | |||
| Sierra Leone | N | Extant | Yes |
| Country/Territory | IBA Name |
|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Mopri Forest Reserve |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Azagny National Park |
| Ghana | Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park |
| Ghana | Boin River Forest Reserve |
| Ghana | Bura River Forest Reserve |
| Ghana | Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve |
| Ghana | Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve |
| Ghana | Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve |
| Ghana | Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve |
| Guinea | Massif du Ziama |
| Guinea | Diécké |
| Liberia | Wologizi mountains |
| Liberia | Wonegizi mountains |
| Liberia | Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex |
| Liberia | Nimba mountains |
| Liberia | Lake Piso (Cape Mount) |
| Liberia | Zwedru |
| Liberia | Cestos - Senkwen |
| Liberia | Sapo |
| Liberia | Grebo |
| Sierra Leone | Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve |
| Sierra Leone | Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park |
| Sierra Leone | Kambui Hills Forest Reserve |
| Sierra Leone | Gola Forests |
| Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Plantations | suitable | resident |
| Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | major | resident |
| Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane | major | resident |
| Altitude | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Buccanodon dowsetti. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.
