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Taxonomic note

Pyrrhulagra nigra and P. taylori (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped and placed in the genus Melopyrrha as M. nigra following AOU (1998 & supplements); Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993); Stotz et al. (1996).

 

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
2020	Near Threatened	B1b(v); C2a(ii)
2017	Near Threatened	B1ab(v)+2ab(v); C2a(ii)
2016	Near Threatened	C2a(ii)
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	16 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	380 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-19999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2016
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.51 years	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is described as 'common' (Rising 2016), but considering its very small range and based on population density estimates for closely related species, known records and assuming only a proportion of its range is occupied the population size likely falls in the range of 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be declining as a result of invasive mammals, particularly in the west of the island (Bradley 2000). While habitat fragmentation has also been suggested to potentially also be an issue (Bradley 2000), forest loss in particular appears to be very low (Tracewski et al. 2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Unspecified species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Tourism & recreation areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grand Cayman Bullfinch Melopyrrha taylori. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grand-cayman-bullfinch-melopyrrha-taylori on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.