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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions 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	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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	960,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.58 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common to scarce (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.3% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Nguu Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Zambia	Mafinga Mountains
Zambia	Nyika National Park (Zambia)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	450 - 2600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/moustached-green-tinkerbird-pogoniulus-leucomystax on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.