Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) - BirdLife species factsheet

Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Cinnyris loveridgei (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Nectarinia following Sibley & 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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	B1ab(ii,iii)	B1ab(ii,iii); D2

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Endangered	B1ab(ii,iii)
2016	Endangered	B1ab(iii)
2012	Endangered	B1ab(iii)
2010	Endangered	B1a+b(iii)
2008	Endangered	B1a+b(iii)
2006	Endangered
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	560 km²	medium
Number of locations	3	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	14000-110700,24700 mature individuals	good	estimated	2000
Population trend	decreasing	medium	suspected	2016-2026
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-15%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-15%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.92 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The total population has been estimated at between 21,000 and 166,000 individuals, with a likely figure of 37,000 individuals (Tøttrup et al. 2004). Assuming two-thirds of the individuals are mature, this equates roughly to 24,700 (14,000- 110,700) mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species's population is believed to be declining very slowly due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation (A. Tøttrup in litt. 2006; N. Burgess in litt. 2006). Between 2008-2019, 4.7% of forest was lost from this species's range (Global Forest Watch 2020), which equates roughly to a loss of 4.3% over three generations. As this species appears intolerant of habitat degradation, it is suspected that the population is declining at a similar rate. The overall rate of past decline is placed in the band 1-9% to account for uncertainty. Between 2016-2019, 3.4% of forest was loss from this species's range (Global Forest Watch 2020), which equates roughly to a loss of 8.3% over three generations. The overall rate of future decline is placed in the 1-15% band to account for uncertainties.

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2560 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Agriculture & aquaculture

Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Majority (50-90%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Medium Impact: 6

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Biological resource use

Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]