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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
2018	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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,600,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally frequent to locally common, although uncommon in Sudan and rare in Korup National Park, Cameroon (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

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

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Yabassi
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Hoyo Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Ghana	Digya National Park
Ghana	Kalakpa Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Kenya	Kakamega forest
Kenya	North Nandi forest
Kenya	South Nandi forest
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Nigeria	Ebok-Kabaken
Nigeria	Omo Forest Reserve
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
Tanzania	Minziro Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George
Uganda	Semliki National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-shouldered-robin-chat-cossypha-cyanocampter 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.