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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions 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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	306 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,350,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.04 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be fairly common over much of its range (del Hoyo et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 12.8% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Angola	Chongoroi
Angola	Gabela
Angola	Maiombe
Benin	Lama Forest
Benin	Ouémé river basin
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Yabassi
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Léfini Faunal Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Ogooué Leketi National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Gabon	Akanda
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Léconi grasslands
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Gambia	Abuko Nature Reserve
Gambia	Pirang Forest Park
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Digya National Park
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kalakpa Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Ghana	Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest
Ghana	Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Guinea	Diécké
Guinea	Gangan Foret Classe
Guinea	Kounounkan
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Guinea-Bissau	Cantanhez forests
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Akassa forests
Nigeria	Biseni forests
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Nigeria	Donga river basin forests
Nigeria	Ebok-Kabaken
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Nigeria	Okomu National Park
Nigeria	Sunvit Farm
Nigeria	Upper Orashi forests
Senegal	Parc National de Basse Casamance
Senegal	Parc National du Niokolo-Koba
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Togo	Fazao-Malfakassa National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	marginal	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1610 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1385 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Green Turaco Tauraco persa. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/green-turaco-tauraco-persa 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.