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Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus



Family: Sylviidae (Old World Warblers)

Authority: (Vieillot, 1818)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small population, which is threatened by afforestation of its habitat and is inferred to be in decline. Therefore, it has been uplisted to Vulnerable.



Population size: 1000-3300 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 337,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bush-blackcap-sylvia-nigricapillus 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.