Scale-feathered Malkoha (Lepidogrammus cumingi)

Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Lepidogrammus cumingi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Phaenicophaeus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

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)	168,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be fairly common (del Hoyo et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 3.1% within its mapped range over the past three generations (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 less than 5%.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Philippines	Angat watershed
Philippines	Bataan Natural Park and Subic Bay Forest Reserve
Philippines	Bulusan Volcano Natural Park
Philippines	Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve
Philippines	Central Marinduque
Philippines	Central Sierra Madre mountains
Philippines	Kalbario-Patapat National Park
Philippines	Mariveles mountains
Philippines	Mount Isarog National Park
Philippines	Mount Makiling
Philippines	Mount Pulag National Park
Philippines	Mounts Banahaw-San Cristobal National Park
Philippines	North Eastern Cagayan Protected Landscape and Seascape
Philippines	Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park
Philippines	Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape
Philippines	Quezon National Park
Philippines	University of the Philippines Land Grants (Pakil and Real)

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scale-feathered-malkoha-lepidogrammus-cumingi 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.