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Taxonomic note
Stiphrornis erythrothorax, S. xanthogaster and S. pyrrholaemus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as S. erythrothorax following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993) and 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.
Schmidt, B. K.; Foster, J. T.; Angehr, G. R.; Durrant, K. L.; Fleischer, R. C. 2008. A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis). Zootaxa 1850: 27-42.
Schmidt, B. K.; Foster, J. T.; Angehr, G. R.; Durrant, K. L.; Fleischer, R. C. 2008. A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis). Zootaxa 1850: 27-42.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Near Threatened	B1b(iii,v); C2a(ii)
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	16 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	184,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-19999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2016
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been quantified, but the fact it is considered common in the areas where it is known from and its potential to be present in a larger amount of Gabon than previously thought may mean it has a population size of >10,000 mature individuals. Provisionally placed here in the range of 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat degradation.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Energy production & mining	Oil & gas drilling	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Transportation & service corridors	Roads & railroads	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Olive-backed Forest-robin Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/olive-backed-forest-robin-stiphrornis-pyrrholaemus 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.