Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
Eumyias additus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Rhinomyias additus. Monotypic.
Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2023. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 8. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v8_Dec23.zip.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
Population justification: In this species' range, there was c.3,000 km2 of forest (with >50% canopy cover) in 2021 (per Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). Poulsen (1998) recorded densities of Eumyias additus of 20.4-32.7 birds/km2 in primary and modified lowland habitat, with a much higher density of 92.6 birds/km2 in montane forest. This altitudinal difference is reaffirmed by Poulsen and Lambert (2000) who noted a significantly higher encounter rate in montane forest. The majority of individuals documented by Poulsen (1998) were aurally detected, thus are likely to refer to mature individuals. Accounting for a range of density scenarios, and occupancy of 30-50%, the population is estimated to number 36,000-100,000 mature individuals, with a best (and precautionary) estimate of 36,000-50,000.
Trend justification: In the ten years to 2021, forest cover in this species' range reduced by c.4-5% (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein), and this is thought to have had broadly equivalent impacts on the species' population size. Although selective logging and degradation is not accounted for in these data, E. additus is capable of persisting in logged and modified forest (see Poulsen 1998). Thus the species is suspected of having declined by 1-9% (with a best estimate of 5%) over the past ten years, and the same rate is precautionarily suspected to continue into the future.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Buru Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias additus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/buru-warbling-flycatcher-eumyias-additus 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.