LC
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi



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 PeƱablanca 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 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.