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Taxonomic note

Cyanoderma ruficeps (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Stachyris ruficeps.

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,130,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.09 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to fairly common (del Hoyo et al. 2007), while national population sizes have been estimated at c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in China and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in Taiwan (Brazil 2009). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 6.1% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (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 5-9%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Laos	Dakchung Plateau
Laos	Nam Et
Laos	Nam Ha
Laos	Phou Ahyon
Laos	Phou Loeuy
Nepal	Annapurna Conservation Area
Nepal	Chitwan National Park
Nepal	Mai Valley forests
Nepal	Makalu Barun National Park
Nepal	Tamur valley and watershed
Vietnam	Bi Dup
Vietnam	Chu Yang Sin
Vietnam	Cong Troi
Vietnam	Fan Si Pan
Vietnam	Ke Go
Vietnam	Tuyen Lam
Vietnam	Van Ban
Vietnam	Vu Quang

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 3510 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-capped-babbler-cyanoderma-ruficeps on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.