Miombo Wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus) | Details

Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Calamonastes undosus and C. stierlingi (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Camaroptera undosa following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (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
-	-	-

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

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,740,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.57 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common (del Hoyo et al. 2006). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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
Angola	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Caconda
Angola	Calandula (Quedas de Calandula)
Angola	Cuango
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mombolo (Missão da Namba)
Angola	Mount Moco
Angola	Mupa National Park
Angola	Tundavala
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Marungu highlands
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Upemba National Park
Tanzania	Mikumi National Park
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Usangu flats
Zambia	Kalungwishi
Zambia	Lusenga Plain National Park
Zambia	Uningi Pans

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/miombo-wren-warbler-calamonastes-undosus on 19/12/2024.
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 19/12/2024.