Bamboo Warbler (Locustella alfredi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Bamboo Warbler Locustella alfredi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Previously placed in Bradypterus (del Hoyo & Collar 2016) but moved to Locustella following Alström et al. (2018). Two subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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	Near Threatened

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,210,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	yes	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.73 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as rare and localised throughout its range (del Hoyo et al. 2006). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native		yes
Ethiopia	extant	native		yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native		yes
Zambia	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lendu Plateau
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 525 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bamboo Warbler Locustella alfredi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bamboo-warbler-locustella-alfredi on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.