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Taxonomic note

Hylopsar cupreocauda (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Lamprotornis cupreocauda.

 

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
2021	Near Threatened	A3c+4c
2016	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c
2012	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c
2008	Near Threatened	A2c; A3c; A4c
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	749,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	100000-499999 mature individuals	-	estimated	2021
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2028
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-15%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: This species has been recorded at densities of 2-4 pairs/km² in Liberia (Gatter 1997). Assuming that these densities persist throughout the range, and that it inhabits 20% of the forest within its range (311,000km² [Global Forest Watch 2020]) the population size is estimated to be 248,000-497,600 mature individuals, placed here in the band 100,000-499,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation.
Between 2000and 2019, this species's range experienced a loss of 21% in forest cover (Global Forest Watch 2020). This equates to a loss of 13% over three generations. Assuming the population declines at a similar rate, the rate of decline is placed in the band 1-15% over the past three generations. Between 2016 and 2019, the range experienced forest cover loss of 8.8% (Global Forest Watch 2020). Projected forward over three generations this equates to a loss of 29%. Assuming that the population declines at a similar rate to forest loss, the future rate of decline is suspected to fall in the band of 20-29% over three generations.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bura River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Cape Three Points Forest Reserve
Ghana	Dadieso Forest Reserve
Ghana	Draw River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve
Ghana	Fure River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Jema-Asemkrom Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mamiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Subri River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Guinea	Diécké
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/copper-tailed-starling-hylopsar-cupreocauda 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.