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Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni



Family: Vangidae (Vangas and allies)

Authority: (Schlegel, 1868)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is experiencing an ongoing decline in population size, due to the loss, fragmentation and degradation of its forest habitat from agricultural encroachment and logging activities. The rate of this decline is suspected to have been rapid over the past three generations and continue thus in the near future, and therefore the species has been assessed as Vulnerable.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 172,000 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pollens-vanga-xenopirostris-polleni 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.