Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea) | Details

Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Pachycephala cinerea (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as P. grisola.

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.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
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

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	21 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,600,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	6.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common in India and the Andaman islands and uncommon to locally common in South-East Asia, although scarce in Singapore (del Hoyo et al. 2007).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Bangladesh	extant	native		yes
Brunei	extant	native		yes
Cambodia	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native		yes
Indonesia	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Malaysia	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native		yes
Singapore	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mangrove-whistler-pachycephala-cinerea 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.