Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys) | Details

Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Chamaetylas poliophrys (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Pseudalethe poliophrys.

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.
Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. 1993. Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press, Li
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

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	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	35 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	93,900 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	6.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common within its restricted range (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and predation by introduced species.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Kabobo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1300 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-throated-alethe-chamaetylas-poliophrys on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.