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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	10 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,920,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.56 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to rare (del Hoyo et al. 2007), while the population in China has been estimated at c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs (Brazil 2009). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.3% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being 5-9%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native		yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Laos	Eastern Bolikhamxay Mountains
Laos	Nakai-Nam Theun
Laos	Nam Ha
Laos	Nam Xam
Nepal	Chitwan National Park
Nepal	Khaptad National Park
Nepal	Mai Valley forests
Nepal	Makalu Barun National Park
Vietnam	Ban Bung
Vietnam	Chu Yang Sin
Vietnam	Du Gia
Vietnam	Fan Si Pan
Vietnam	Kon Plong
Vietnam	Ngoc Linh
Vietnam	Pu Mat
Vietnam	Sinh Long
Vietnam	Tam Dao
Vietnam	Tay Con Linh
Vietnam	Van Ban
Vietnam	Vu Quang

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	170 - 2880 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2800 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-chinned-yuhina-yuhina-nigrimenta 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.