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Justification of Red List category
This species has a restricted range and there is thought to be an ongoing decline in the area and quality of its habitat. It is therefore assessed as Near Threatened.

Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon to scarce or locally common (del Hoyo et al. 2006, Dutson 2011).

Trend justification
This species is suspected to be in slow decline owing to logging activities, although the rate has not been quantified. Remote sensing data (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein) indicate that in the ten years to 2021, forest loss in this species' range has been equivalent to c.2-3%, and this is thought to be continuing.

This species is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Manus, Rambutyo and Tong in Papua New Guinea, and possibly other islands (Coates 1990, Mayr and Diamond 2001, Dutson 2011). The species was also found recently on Longan where its status remains uncertain (Bishop and Hacking 2020).

It is a primary forest species, occurring in closed-canopy forest, but rare in secondary, mangrove and submontane forest. Pairs and singles actively glean, sometimes fluttering, in undergrowth to subcanopy of forest (Dutson 2011).

The main threat to this species is ongoing forest loss within its range, although this is occurring at a slow rate (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein).

Conservation Actions Underway
None is known.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Conduct research to determine the population size. Regularly monitor the population at certain sites. Protect significant areas of remaining primary forest from logging.

Text account compilers
Vine, J.

Contributors
Derhé, M., Dutson, G., Mahood, S., North, A. & O'Brien, A.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Manus Monarch Symposiachrus infelix. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/manus-monarch-symposiachrus-infelix on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.