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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	D2
2012	Near Threatened	D2
2008	Near Threatened	D2
2005	Near Threatened
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,100 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,400 km2	good
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	6000 mature individuals	good	estimated	2008
Population trend	stable	medium	suspected	-
Generation length	2.95 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	3-50	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Surveys of the species conducted between 1999 and 2008 provide an estimate of 8,675 individuals, rounded to c.9,000 individuals in total on Socotra (Porter and Suleiman 2013, R. Porter in litt. 2016). This is equivalent to c.6,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: There is no evidence for recent or current population declines, and the species' population trend has apparently remained stable since detailed surveys were initiated in 1999 (Jennings 2010).

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Yemen	Falang - Momi coast and cliffs (Socotra)
Yemen	Jabal Ma'alah / Ma'alah Plateau (Socotra)
Yemen	Neet (Socotra)
Yemen	Noged Plain (Socotra)
Yemen	North coastal plain: airport to Di Selmeho / Ghubbah (Socotra)
Yemen	Shu'ub Coast / Coast of Bindar Di-Sha'b (Socotra)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	marginal	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 650 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 870 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/socotra-cisticola-cisticola-haesitatus 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.