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Taxonomic note

Crithagra hyposticta (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Serinus and listed as S. hypostictus following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

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
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	13 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,050,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.34 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common and widespread (Clement 1999). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Malawi	Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve
Malawi	Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve
Malawi	Namizimu Forest Reserve
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Soche Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Zambia	Nyika National Park (Zambia)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	700 - 2340 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/east-african-citril-crithagra-hyposticta 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.