Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence under 20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (under 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be over 10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (over 30% decline over ten years or three generations). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The global population size is unknown given recent taxonomic splits. This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 5.6% 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 1-9% in the species' population size over the same time frame.
Trend justification
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Restricted to Choiseul and Santa Isabel in the west and central Solomon Islands to Buka and Bougainville (Papua New Guinea).
Occurs in forested habitats, not necessarily near watercourses and may tolerate secondary forest and plantations as noted in other Ceyx (del Hoyo et al. 2001).
c14 cm. Small, attractive dark blue and pale buff kingfisher with an all-dark bill. Blackish head with bright blue speckling, and bright blue dorsal stripe to uppertail coverts. Pale buff-orange below, fading to white on throat. Similar species. C. solitarius and C. mulcatus are very similar, but meeki is darker above and paler buff-orange below.
Text account compilers
Rutherford, C.A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: North Solomons Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx meeki. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/north-solomons-dwarf-kingfisher-ceyx-meeki 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.