LC
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens



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
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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
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 3,990,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 2.51 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to locally abundant (del Hoyo et al. 2006). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7% 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 Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Burundi extant native yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native yes
Djibouti extant native yes
Eritrea extant native yes
Ethiopia extant native yes
Kenya extant native yes
Rwanda extant native yes
Saudi Arabia extant native yes
Somalia extant native yes
South Sudan extant native yes
Sudan extant native yes
Tanzania extant native yes
Uganda extant native yes
Yemen extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
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 Virunga National Park
Eritrea Senafe
Ethiopia Awi Zone
Ethiopia Bale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia Borana-Saynt (Denkoro Forest)
Ethiopia Chilimo-Gaji forest
Ethiopia Dessa'a forest
Ethiopia Entoto Natural Park and escarpment
Ethiopia Gefersa reservoir
Ethiopia Guassa Plateau (Menz)
Ethiopia Jibat forest
Ethiopia Menagesha State Forest
Ethiopia Mugo highlands
Ethiopia Simien Mountains National Park
Ethiopia Sululta plain
Ethiopia Tiro Boter - Becho forest
Ethiopia Yegof forest
Kenya Aberdare Mountains
Kenya Cherangani Hills
Kenya Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya Mau forest complex
Kenya Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya Mount Kenya
Rwanda Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda Volcans National Park
Saudi Arabia Raydah escarpment
Saudi Arabia Wadi Turabah and Jabal Ibrahim
South Sudan Imatong mountains
South Sudan Kidepo
Tanzania Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania Lake Manyara
Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania North Pare Mountains
Tanzania Uluguru Mountains
Uganda Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park
Yemen Haraz mountains
Yemen High mountains of Ibb
Yemen Jabal Bura
Yemen Jabal Iraf
Yemen Jabal Sumarah
Yemen Kawkaban - Shibam
Yemen Mahwit
Yemen Wadi al-Birayn

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane major resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude suitable resident
Altitude 360 - 5080 m Occasional altitudinal limits (min) 750 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-woodland-warbler-phylloscopus-umbrovirens 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.