Beijing Hill-warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) | Details

Beijing Hill-warbler Rhopophilus pekinensis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Rhopophilus pekinensis and R. albosuperciliaris (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as R. pekinensis following Sibley & 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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,480,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population has not been quantified since the species was split.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to large-scale land development (del Hoyo et al. 2007).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Non-breeding visitor
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
North Korea	extant	native	yes
South Korea	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Beijing Hill-warbler Rhopophilus pekinensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/beijing-hill-warbler-rhopophilus-pekinensis on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.