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Taxonomic note

Brachypteryx montana, B. cruralis, B. sinensis, B. goodfellowi, B. poliogyna, B. erythrogyna, B. saturata and B. floris (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as B. montana following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

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
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
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	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	29,500 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.26 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified but it is described as fairly common (Eaton et al. 2021) and it is evidently fairly widespread and commonly encountered on Java's western mountains (Marsden et al. 2023, eBird 2023).

Trend justification: Remote sensing data has detected no habitat loss within the elevational range of this species for c.20 years (Global Forest Watch 2023) and it is not reported from trade. In the absence of other threats, its population trend is suspected to be stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	950 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Javan Shortwing Brachypteryx montana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/javan-shortwing-brachypteryx-montana on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.