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Taxonomic note

Cinnyris reichenowi (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Nectarinia and listed as N. preussi following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 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.

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	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	7 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,630,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.68 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to abundant (Cheke et al. 2001). 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	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mbi Crater Faunal Reserve - Mbingo forest
Cameroon	Mont Bana
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Mount Mbam
Cameroon	Mount Oku
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Njinsing - Tabenken
Cameroon	Tchabal-Mbabo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lendu Plateau
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Obudu Plateau
Rwanda	Cyamudongo forest
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Kidepo
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda	Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	630 - 3380 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-double-collared-sunbird-cinnyris-reichenowi on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.