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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
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	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	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	84 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,530,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	8,070,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.51 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Lambert and Woodcock 1996). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 10.9% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	vagrant
Ethiopia	extant	vagrant
Gabon	extant	native
Ghana	extant	native
Guinea	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Rwanda	extant	native
Sierra Leone	extant	native
South Africa	extant	vagrant
Tanzania	extant	native
Togo	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: African Pitta Pitta angolensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/african-pitta-pitta-angolensis on 24/12/2024.
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 24/12/2024.