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Mesophoyx intermedia



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Turbott, E. G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Not Recognised
2014 Not Recognised
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 unset Forest dependency unset
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend - - -

Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Angola extant native
Australia extant native
Bangladesh extant native
Benin extant native
Bhutan extant native
Botswana extant native
Brunei extant native
Burkina Faso extant native
Burundi extant native
Cambodia extant native
Cameroon extant native
Cape Verde extant native
Central African Republic extant native
Chad extant native
China (mainland) extant native
Christmas Island (to Australia) extant vagrant
Congo extant native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native
Côte d'Ivoire extant native
Eritrea extant native
Eswatini extant native
Ethiopia extant native
Gabon extant native
Gambia extant native
Ghana extant native
Guam (to USA) extant native yes
Guinea extant native
Guinea-Bissau extant native
India extant native
Indonesia extant native
Japan extant native
Jordan extant vagrant
Kenya extant native
Laos extant native
Lesotho extant native
Liberia extant native
Malawi extant native
Malaysia extant native
Maldives extant vagrant
Mali extant native yes
Mauritania extant native
Micronesia, Federated States of extant native yes
Mozambique extant native
Myanmar extant native
Namibia extant native
Nepal extant native
New Zealand extant vagrant
Niger extant native
Nigeria extant native
North Korea extant native
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA) extant native yes
Oman extant native yes
Pakistan extant native
Palau extant native yes
Papua New Guinea extant native
Philippines extant native
Russia (Asian) extant native
Rwanda extant native
Senegal extant native
Seychelles extant vagrant
Sierra Leone extant native
Singapore extant native
Somalia extant native
South Africa extant native
South Korea extant native
South Sudan extant native yes
Sri Lanka extant native
Sudan extant native
Taiwan, China extant native
Tanzania extant native
Thailand extant native
Timor-Leste extant native yes
Uganda extant native
United Arab Emirates extant vagrant yes
USA extant vagrant
Vietnam extant native
Yemen extant vagrant yes
Zambia extant native yes
Zimbabwe extant native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Australia Alligator Rivers Floodplains
Australia Gwydir Wetlands
Australia Macquarie Marshes
Cambodia Veal Srongae
China (mainland) Wuchishan Dao Nature Reserve
Indonesia Dataran Banjir Ogan Komering
Kenya Tana River Delta
Mali Koumbé Niasso
Mali Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo
Philippines Buguey wetlands
Sri Lanka Muturajawela
Thailand Lower Central Basin
Thailand Sanambin
Zambia Kafue Flats

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mesophoyx intermedia. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mesophoyx-intermedia on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.