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• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

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
2024	Least Concern
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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	315,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	10.05 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally fairly common (Flegg and Madge 1995). This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, and unquantified levels of hunting (Frith and Frith 2004).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, and unquantified levels of hunting (Frith and Frith 2004).

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Barrington Tops and Gloucester Tops
Australia	Bunya Mountains and Yarraman
Australia	Clarke Range
Australia	Conondale Range
Australia	Cooloola and Fraser Coast
Australia	New England
Australia	Nightcap Range
Australia	Scenic Rim
Australia	Tamborine Mountain
Australia	Werrikimbe

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1030 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Other household goods	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/regent-bowerbird-sericulus-chrysocephalus 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.