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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
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	37 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	5,380,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Stable		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)	4	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Fry and Keith 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Angola	N	Extant	Yes
Benin	N	Extant	Yes
Cameroon	N	Extant	Yes
Central African Republic	N	Extant	Yes
Congo	N	Extant	Yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant	Yes
Gabon	N	Extant	Yes
Ghana	N	Extant	Yes
Guinea	N	Extant	Yes
Kenya	N	Extinct		Yes
Liberia	N	Extant	Yes
Nigeria	N	Extant	Yes
Sierra Leone	N	Extant	Yes
South Sudan	N	Extant	Yes
Sudan	N	Extant	Yes
Togo	N	Extant	Yes
Uganda	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Benin	Lama Forest
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
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	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
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
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Offin Forest Reserve
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Diécké
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Grebo
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Okomu National Park
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Omo Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Upper Orashi forests
South Sudan	Bengangai
Sierra Leone	Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Semliki National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

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: Ploceus tricolor. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/12/2022. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2022) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/12/2022.