Family: Emberizidae (Old World Buntings)

Authority: Taczanowski, 1888

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bc+3bc+4bc

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Endangered as it is undergoing a very rapid population decline, perhaps primarily owing to conversion of its grassland habitat for agriculture, pasture and forestry. Surveys are urgently required to determine its status over its large former range, and unless additional stable populations are discovered in the near future it may require uplisting to Critically Endangered.

Population size: 250-999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 25,800 km²

Country endemic: no

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