Family: Ploceidae (Weavers)

Authority: Hume, 1869

Red List Category:

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd; C2a(i)
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Justification of Red List category

This species is thought now to occur in just two small subpopulations and to be suffering a continuing decline, with a very rapid reduction suspected for the western population as a result of the loss and degradation of terai grasslands, principally through conversion to agriculture and overgrazing. While the eastern population is thought to be stable or only slowly declining, it is also suspected to be very small. As a result, the species is listed as Endangered.

Population size: 250-999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 649,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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