Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii) - BirdLife species factsheet

Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Pholia sharpii (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Cinnyricinclus sharpii.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and 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
2018	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)	1,730,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common (Feare and Craig 1998).

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
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lendu Plateau
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Ethiopia	Bale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia	Chilimo-Gaji forest
Ethiopia	Entoto Natural Park and escarpment
Ethiopia	Jibat forest
Ethiopia	Menagesha State Forest
Ethiopia	Metu - Gore - Tepi forests
Ethiopia	Mount Zuquala
Ethiopia	Tiro Boter - Becho forest
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Rwanda	Cyamudongo forest
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Kidepo
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1800 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sharpes-starling-pholia-sharpii 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.