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Taxonomic note

Lamprotornis iris (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Coccycolius iris.

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
2015	Least Concern
2012	Data Deficient
2008	Data Deficient
2004	Data Deficient
2000	Data Deficient
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	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	222,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	66000-340000 mature individuals	-	-	2014
Population trend	unknown	good	-	-
Generation length	4.56 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: It is described as locally common. Based on the predicted distribution and population density the total population has been estimated at 623,295, or more conservatively, 402,705 individuals (G. Buchanan in prep.). Placed in the band 100,000-499,999 individuals. The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Guinea	Balandougou
Sierra Leone	Lake Sonfon and environs
Sierra Leone	Outamba-Kilimi National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1070 m	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		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Species mortality, Other
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/emerald-starling-lamprotornis-iris on 26/11/2024.
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 26/11/2024.