LC
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica



Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Coracina caledonica and C. welchmani (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as C. caledonica following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

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
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2024 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Not Recognised
2008 Not Recognised
2004 Not Recognised
2000 Not Recognised
1994 Not Recognised
1988 Not Recognised
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass 140 g
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 565,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 4.33 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified and there is no recent information on status. This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.3% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
New Caledonia (to France) extant native yes
Vanuatu extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
New Caledonia (to France) Aoupinié
New Caledonia (to France) Boulinda
New Caledonia (to France) Bwa Opana
New Caledonia (to France) District de Wetr à Lifou
New Caledonia (to France) Entre les monts Nakada et Do
New Caledonia (to France) Entre les monts Rembaï et Canala
New Caledonia (to France) Entre Table Unio et Farino
New Caledonia (to France) Forêt Plate
New Caledonia (to France) Goro Até et haute vallée de la rivière Tchamba
New Caledonia (to France) Goro Jé et haute vallée de la rivière Amoa
New Caledonia (to France) Grand Koum
New Caledonia (to France) Hautes vallées des rivières Néaoua, Koua et Kouaoua
New Caledonia (to France) Massif des Lèvres
New Caledonia (to France) Massif du Mé Kanin, Sphinx et Arago
New Caledonia (to France) Massif du Panié
New Caledonia (to France) Massifs du Grand Sud - entre le mont Humboldt et la rivière Bleue
New Caledonia (to France) Mé Maoya
New Caledonia (to France) Pic Ningua
New Caledonia (to France) Prokoméo
Vanuatu Loru
Vanuatu Santo Mountain Chain
Vanuatu Vatthe

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane major resident
Savanna Dry suitable resident
Altitude 0 - 1100 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/south-melanesian-cuckooshrike-coracina-caledonica on 06/12/2024.
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 06/12/2024.