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Taxonomic note
Race livingstoni mensurally very similar but very close to species rank owing to its white vs reddish iris (3 a character missed by other recent literature [Isler and Isler 1999]); blacker crown with no brownish tinge (1); slightly paler grey belly (1); and song (a repeated single high-pitched note) with rather different note shape (but only two recordings of livingstoni; score at least 1) (Boesman 2016); further research into voice needed. Two subspecies recognized.

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.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as fairly common to common (Stotz et al. 1996, Hilty et al. 2020).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been investigated, but the only threat known to the species is the logging and fragmentation of forest within its range. Tree cover loss within the range is very low (2% over ten years; Global Forest Watch 2023, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Population declines are therefore likely equally low and localised; they are here tentatively placed in the band 1-9% over ten years.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Dusky Chlorospingus Chlorospingus semifuscus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/dusky-chlorospingus-chlorospingus-semifuscus 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.