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Taxonomic note

Lamprotornis mevesii, L. violacior and L. benguelensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as L. mevesii following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993) and 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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,590,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	3.53 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Feare et al. 1998). The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Botswana	Chobe National Park
Botswana	Linyanti swamp/Chobe river
Botswana	Okavango Delta
Malawi	Liwonde National Park
Mozambique	Headwaters of the Cahora Bassa Dam
Namibia	Eastern Caprivi wetlands
Namibia	Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river
Zambia	Kafue Flats
Zambia	Kafue National Park
Zambia	Lower Zambezi National Park
Zambia	Machile
Zambia	North Luangwa National Park
Zambia	South Luangwa National Park
Zimbabwe	Chizarira National Park
Zimbabwe	Hwange National Park
Zimbabwe	Mavuradonha Mountains
Zimbabwe	Middle Zambezi Valley

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Meves's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis mevesii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mevess-long-tailed-starling-lamprotornis-mevesii 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.