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Justification of Red List category
This species has a restricted range and the area and quality of its habitat are undergoing a continuing decline as a result of ongoing forest loss and degradation. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened.

Population justification
The population size has not been directly quantified, but the pre-split species was described as ‘rather scarce’ on these islands (del Hoyo et al. 2005, G. Dutson in litt. 2016).

Trend justification
Suspected to be declining owing to forest loss and degradation. In the three generations (12.3 years; Bird et al. 2020) to 2021, remote sensing data indicate that 10-12% of forest was lost in this species' range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) and this may accelerate slightly (to an equivalent rate of 13-15%) in the future based on losses in 2016-2021, although its tolerance of logged and degraded forest is poorly known. The current rate of decline is therefore placed in the range 1-15%.

This species is found on Gatukai, Kolombangara, New Georgia and Vangunu in the Solomon Islands, in forest and forest edge habitats (Taylor 2016).

This species occurs in forest, including forest edge and secondary forest from sea-level to 1,200 m but less common in lowlands (Dutson 2011).

Lowland forest throughout the region is threatened by increasingly widespread logging. In the three generations (12.3 years; Bird et al. 2020) to 2021, remote sensing data indicate that 10-12% of forest was lost in this species' range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) and this may accelerate slightly (to an equivalent rate of 13-15%) in the future based on losses in 2016-2021, although its tolerance of logged and degraded forest is poorly known.

Conservation Actions Underway
None is known.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Monitor populations at known sites. Study its tolerance of degraded forest. Protect primary lowland and hill forest at suitable sites where it is known to occur.

Text account compilers
Vine, J.

Contributors
Dutson, G.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Georgia Cicadabird Edolisoma pygmaeum. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-georgia-cicadabird-edolisoma-pygmaeum 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.