Rufous-tailed Babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Rufous-tailed Babbler Moupinia poecilotis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Moupinia poecilotis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Chrysomma poecilotis. Moved from Sylviidae to the family Paradoxornithidae following Cai et al. (2019).
Birds from NW Yunnan sometimes recognized as subspecies sordidior. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

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/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	350,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common (del Hoyo et al. 2007). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	1500 - 3300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3700 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous-tailed Babbler Moupinia poecilotis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-tailed-babbler-moupinia-poecilotis on 25/11/2024.
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 25/11/2024.