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Taxonomic note
Pogonornis melanopterus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Lybius.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions 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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	52 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,710,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	3.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to often be local and uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 13.2% 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	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Kenya	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya	Dakatcha Woodland
Kenya	Lower Tana River Forests
Kenya	Shimba Hills
Kenya	Tana River Delta
Malawi	Liwonde National Park
Mozambique	Netia
Somalia	Aangole - Farbiito
Somalia	Far Waamo
Tanzania	Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Handeni District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kilwa District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kisarawe District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Lindi District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Muheza District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pangani District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Rufiji District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-breasted-barbet-pogonornis-melanopterus on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.