Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence under 20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (under 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be over 10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (over 30% decline over ten years or three generations). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally not uncommon. It is considered generally uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 1994), and very rare and local in India (Grimmett et al. 1998), but it is thought to remain widespread in the Chinese part of its range (Bowei Zhu et al. 2020). The population in eastern Tibet is estimated as 25,000-40,000 individuals (Madge and McGowan 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.5% within its mapped range over the past three generations (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
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This species is poorly known because its remote habitat is rarely visited. It is considered generally uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 1994), and very rare and local in India (Grimmett et al. 1998), but it is thought to remain widespread in the Chinese part of its range (He Fenqi et al. 1995).
Text account compilers
Rutherford, C.A.
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