Black-and-yellow Grosbeak (Mycerobas icterioides)

Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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
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

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	703,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common or fairly common (Clement 1999). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 0.5% 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 distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Afghanistan	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Afghanistan	Safed Koh
India	Inderkilla National Park
Nepal	Rara National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	870 - 3500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 750 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-and-yellow-grosbeak-mycerobas-icterioides on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.