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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
2019	Near Threatened	C2a(ii)
2016	Near Threatened	C1
2012	Near Threatened	C1
2008	Near Threatened	C1
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Near Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	63,400 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2500-9999 mature individuals	medium	suspected	2017
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	1996-2008
Generation length	4 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is described as scarce (Gilliard and LeCroy 1967, Clay 1994, Woodall 2019). The population size is estimated to be between 2,500 and 9,999 mature individuals (Davis et al. 2017).

Trend justification: Whilst specific data detailing the population trend of the New Britain Kingfisher is unavailable, the species is suspected to be declining as a result of habitat degradation and loss (Bryan and Shearman 2015, Tracewski et al. 2016). Estimates of the loss of forested habitat within the species's range vary; Bryan and Shearman (2015) estimated a 2.2% loss in forest cover over three generations (12 years; 2002-2014) whilst Tracewski et al. (2016) estimate a loss of 3.5% across the same length period. Both estimates are significantly smaller than the 12% forest loss estimated between 1989-2000 by Buchanan et al. (2008), suggesting that the rate of deforestation has slowed down over recent years. As a result of this ongoing habitat loss, the population of New Britain Kingfisher mature individuals is suspected to be in decline, but the rate of decline is not known.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Britain Kingfisher Todiramphus albonotatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-britain-kingfisher-todiramphus-albonotatus 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.