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Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
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
2022	Least Concern
2016	Vulnerable	C1
2012	Vulnerable	C1
2009	Vulnerable	C1
2008	Near Threatened
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type	Australia	Average mass	22 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	940,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	8500-43000, 15000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2020
Population trend	stable	medium	inferred	-
Generation length	3.1 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: There is much uncertainty around the population size. The estimate used here is the product of three AOO measures (spanning 1,500-3,000 km²) from Watson et al. (2021), the smallest being the number of 2x2 km squares for which there are records in summer (December-February), the largest being an arbitrary doubling of this value to account for incomplete survey effort of potentially suitable habitat. The density applied to this area is that originating from 2-ha 20-minute surveys (1.96 ± SD 1.49; BirdLife Australia 2020) and an assumed occupancy of 5–10% given the fragmented habitat. While this may be generous, because Painted Honeyeaters are often recorded along roadsides or in other small fragments, and occupancy can vary from year to year, they can also occur at high densities (up to 10 detected at a single point in the breeding season; Oliver et al. 2003) and on largely inaccessible private land away from roadsides and rarely included in bird surveys.

Trend justification: While there are historical records of decline in western New South Wales (Maher 1988, Smith et al. 1995) and Victoria (Brindley 1991), reporting rates from 1999–2018, including the last decade, show no trend for either 2-ha 20-min surveys or 500-m radius area searches (BirdLife Australia 2020). Similarly, the eBird reporting rate (the number of checklists on which the species was reported on in a year) showed minimal change between January 2000 and May 2020 (C. Callaghan unpublished, in Watson et al. [2021], using eBird [2021]). In the absence of additional data to suggest otherwise, the population is therefore inferred to be stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Binya and Cocoparra
Australia	Boodjamulla
Australia	Capertee Valley
Australia	Goonoo
Australia	Pilliga
Australia	South-west Slopes of NSW
Australia	Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	breeding
Savanna	Dry	major	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 950 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Climate change & severe weather	Droughts	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Unspecified species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases - Manorina melanocephala	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species disturbance, Competition

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/painted-honeyeater-grantiella-picta on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.