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 has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally scarce to rare, although locally common in the north-west of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2007). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 2% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.
Trend justification
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This species is endemic to New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), where it is known only from widely scattered localities on the Vogelkop and central ranges, and in the Tari area, although it may prove to be more widespread.
The species inhabits upper montane forest typically between 2,000 m and 2,850 m, probably up to 3,450 m and locally as low as 1,200 m in Irian Jaya (Coates 1990). It is often shy and secretive, and may easily be missed. Its presence may be revealed by its song, a simple descending series of four to six pleasantly whistled, clear notes (Coates 1990).
Text account compilers
Rutherford, C.A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Papuan Logrunner Orthonyx novaeguineae. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/papuan-logrunner-orthonyx-novaeguineae on 28/12/2024.
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 28/12/2024.