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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
2021	Least Concern
2016	Vulnerable	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C2a(i)
2012	Vulnerable	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2008	Vulnerable	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2004	Critically Endangered
2000	Critically Endangered
1996	Endangered
1994	Endangered
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	32,200 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	6000-15000 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2000
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: A survey-based population estimate has not been calculated for this species. The population size was inferred c.2000 to number 10,000-19,999 individuals, based on an assessment of known records, descriptions of abundance and range size, and recorded population density estimates for congeners. Due to political instability, no recent information is available. It is therefore suspected that the population size still falls into the band of 10,000-19,999 individuals, roughly equivalent to 6,667-13,333 mature individuals, and rounded here to 6,000-15,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Rates of forest loss are not as great as once feared and local inhabitants are also protecting their forest. Between 2009 and 2019, a 0.33% decrease in tree cover was reported throughout this species's range by Global Forest Watch (2020), equating to a loss of 0.37% over three generations (11.4 years [Bird et al. 2020]). While juniper woodland is thought to be a key component of this species’s habitat, it is not entirely dependent on forest cover, so it is assumed to be declining at a slower rate than forest loss, a rate <1% over three generations. In the absence of other known threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Somalia	Daalo
Somalia	Gacan Libaax

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1300 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Likely to Return		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Likely to Return		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Past Impact
		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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Somali Thrush Turdus ludoviciae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/somali-thrush-turdus-ludoviciae on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.