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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 <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). 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 (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to locally very common (Pratt et al. 1987, Coates 1990, Flegg and Madge 1995, Coates et al. 1997).

Trend justification
This population is suspected to be in decline owing to the loss of habitat used for breeding and migration corridors (del Hoyo et al. 2006).

Rhipidura rufifrons has a wide range in the south-west Pacific, occurring in New Guinea (Indonesia), the Northern Mariana Islands (to U.S.A.), the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. The subspecies urianae was endemic to Guam (to U.S.A.), but it has not ben recorded since 1984 and is now considered extinct (del Hoyo et al. 2006).

Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Khwaja, N. & Derhé, M.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-fantail-rhipidura-rufifrons on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.