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Taxonomic note
Cyanistes caeruleus and C. teneriffae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Parus caeruleus following AERC TAC (2003), Cramp et al. (1977-1994) and Sibley and 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
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,180,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	9,650,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	unknown	2018
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	2.18 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The vast majority of this species' range is in North Africa, where no estimates of population size are available. On the Canary Islands, the total population size is estimated at 40,600-201,000 mature individuals, with 20,300-101,000 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021). The population trend of this species is not known, either in the Canary Islands (BirdLife International 2021) or North Africa where most occur.

Trend justification:    .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Algeria	extant	native	yes
Libya	extant	native	yes
Morocco	extant	native	yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Tunisia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Desert	Hot	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/african-blue-tit-cyanistes-teneriffae on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.