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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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,130,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.19 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be not uncommon to rare (Fry and Keith 2004). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 3.2% 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
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	native	yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burkina Faso	Kaboré Tambi - Nazinga - Sissili complex
Burkina Faso	Mare aux Hippopotames
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou forest
Cameroon	Bénoué National Park
Cameroon	Faro National Park
Cameroon	Gashiga - Demsa
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Ngaoundaba Ranch
Central African Republic	André Félix National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bozoum
Central African Republic	Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Garamba National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Comoe National Park
Gambia	Kiang West National Park
Ghana	Gbele Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mole National Park
Nigeria	Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves
Nigeria	Kainji Lake National Park
Nigeria	Kamuku National Park
Nigeria	Pandam Wildlife Park
Nigeria	Yankari Game Reserve
Togo	Kéran National Park
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda	Mount Kei Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Otzi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Murchison Falls National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1080 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-rumped-bunting-emberiza-affinis 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.