Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota)

Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Camaroptera chloronota and C. toroensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as C. chloronota 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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,370,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	4.3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Benin	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Lama Forest
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Yabassi
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Ntokou Pikounda Reserve
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Equatorial Guinea	Nsork Highlands National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Léconi grasslands
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Gambia	Abuko Nature Reserve
Gambia	Pirang Forest Park
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Ghana	Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Akassa forests
Nigeria	Biseni forests
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Nigeria	Donga river basin forests
Nigeria	Ebok-Kabaken
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Okomu National Park
Nigeria	Upper Orashi forests
Senegal	Parc National du Niokolo-Koba
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/olive-green-camaroptera-camaroptera-chloronota 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.