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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.
Frith, C. B.; Gibbs, D.; Turner, K. 1995. The taxonomic status of populations of Archbold's Bowerbird (Archboldia papuensis) in New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 115: 109-114.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	B1b(iii,v); C2a(i)
2013	Near Threatened	B1b(iii,v); C2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii,v);C2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(iii,v); C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Not Recognised
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type	shelf island	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	146,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	5.6 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size of this species is unknown. At some localities it has proven locally common, but is generally scarce (Pratt and Beehler 2015, Beehler and Pratt 2016). However, it has a large range that encompasses c.25,000 km² of forest cover (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on Hansen et al. [2013]) such that even if only a portion of this is occupied, and the species occurs at a low density, it is considered unlikely to number fewer than 10,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: There are no direct population trends for this species. Its range encompasses some of the most remote regions of New Guinea and, according to remote sensing data (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data and methods from Hansen et al. [2013]), forest loss in its range is minimal (<1% in the three generations to 2021). In the absence of other known threats, its population is therefore suspected to be stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	2300 - 3660 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1750 m

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
		Past, Likely to Return		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/archbolds-bowerbird-archboldia-papuensis on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.