Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: Hartert, 1903

Red List Category

Criteria: B1b(iii)

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Justification of Red List category
This striking species is confined to only four mountains on Mindanao, the Philippines, and has a small range. It occurs in the most remote and untouched forests of the Philippines, thus has been largely impervious to lowland forest loss that has caused many other Mindanao species to decline sharply. Nonetheless, habitat loss and degradation are occurring at the lowest elevations of this species' range and this must continue to be monitored since any increase in the rate of human intrusion could have a significant negative effect. Accordingly it is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 9,200 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial