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Taxonomic note

Apalis porphyrolaema and A. kaboboensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as A. porphyrolaema following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (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
-	-	C2a(ii)

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Vulnerable	C2a(ii)
2019	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii)
2016	Near Threatened	B1b(i)
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Data Deficient
2000	Data Deficient
1996	Data Deficient
1994	Data Deficient
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,800 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,768 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2500-9999 mature individuals	unknown	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	2.4 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has been estimated to be 4,130 individuals (Dewhurst, 2019), roughly equating to 2,767 mature individuals, and placed here in the 2,500-9,999 band.

Trend justification: There is no direct information regarding the population trend. However, the habitat in the Albertine Rift is subject to ongoing land-use change resulting from agriculture and subsistence activities of an expanding human population (Ryan, 2017). In the face of continuing habitat degradation, the population is inferred to be in decline.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Kabobo

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1600 - 2480 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Kabobo Apalis Apalis kaboboensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/kabobo-apalis-apalis-kaboboensis on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.