Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler (Gypsophila rufipecta)

Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler Gypsophila rufipecta

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Previously listed as Turdinus rufipectus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but Cai et al. (2019) suggested it might be better placed in the current genus (although this taxon was not sampled in their analysis). 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/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	192,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.86 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Population size not estimated, but described as 'fairly common' by Eaton et al. (2021) and its range spans a large area of montane forest across Sumatra.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Indonesia	Bukit Kaba
Indonesia	Gunung Dempo
Indonesia	Gunung Leuser
Indonesia	Hutan Raya Bukit Barisan
Indonesia	Kerinci Seblat

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	900 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler Gypsophila rufipecta. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rusty-breasted-wren-babbler-gypsophila-rufipecta 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.