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Taxonomic note

Stiphrornis erythrothorax, S. xanthogaster and S. pyrrholaemus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as S. erythrothorax following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993) and Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
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
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	16 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,750,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and predation by introduced species.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	vagrant
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Central African Republic	Zémongo Faunal Reserve
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
South Sudan	Bengangai
Tanzania	Minziro Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George
Uganda	Semliki National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Sango Bay area
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Ogooué Leketi National Park
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Altitude	50 - 1800 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%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Unspecified species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality

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 (2023) Species factsheet: Stiphrornis xanthogaster. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-breasted-forest-robin-stiphrornis-xanthogaster on 28/11/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 28/11/2023.