LC
Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla



Justification

Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely 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 may be small, 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
There is little recent information on this species's population size. It was formerly regarded as widespread and common over much of its non-breeding range in India and Pakistan, though irregular to rare in the rest of its range. This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 8.8% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein).

Trend justification
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Acknowledgements

Text account compilers
Rutherford, C.A.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-throated-flycatcher-ficedula-albicilla on 14/12/2024.
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 14/12/2024.