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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2013	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2012	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2008	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	170,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	yes	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	8.6 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population has not been accurately quantified although a broad stroke modelling exercise identified c.80,000 km² of suitable habitat (Bagaria et al. 2021), much of which is remote and beyond the reach of direct human impact. Although not estimated therefore, the population is likely to exceed 10,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: This species is suspected to be declining slowly. Habitat loss and hunting were previously considered major threats to this species (BirdLife International 2001) but the vast majority of this species' range is remote and inaccessible such that these threats are probably highly localised and unlikely to be causing notable reductions in the global population size. Recent bioclimatic and species distribution modelling (Bagaria et al. 2021) suggested the species may lose c.90% of its habitat by 2070 according to RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. However, the input data for the present species were sparse and the model therefore relied on species clustering (i.e. the data are not species-specific). Consequently, the species is precautionarily suspected of experiencing ongoing declines because of climate change impacts, although the rate is not estimated.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Biluo Xueshan
China (mainland)	Dulong Jiang River Valley
China (mainland)	Gaoligong Shan Nature Reserve (southern section)
China (mainland)	Lhakhang
China (mainland)	Meili Xueshan
China (mainland)	Yarlung Zangbo Daxiagu Nature Reserve
China (mainland)	Zayü
India	Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Koloriang - Sarli - Damin area
India	Magu Thingbu
India	Mechuka - Tato
India	Monigong - Jorgging - Tuting
India	Nacho - Limeking - Taksing - Majha
India	Nafra - Lada area
India	Thungri - Chaglang - Poshingla Maji, Basti and Liak area
Myanmar	Hkakaborazi
Myanmar	Hponkanrazi

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	3000 - 4200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 2000 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sclaters-monal-lophophorus-sclateri on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.