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Taxonomic note

Ceyx cyanopectus and C. nigrirostris (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Alcedo and lumped as A. cyanopectus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993), the gender agreement of which followed David and Gosselin (2002a).

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
2022	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2016	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c
2014	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	22,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000-2499 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2022
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.9 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-10	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population has not accurately been quantified, although the species appears to be quite rare (eBird 2022) with few records even from areas that are well surveyed and none from areas unforested. As an approximation, using densities of congeners and extents of suitable habitat along rivers and tributaries (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein), each island is suspected of hosting no more than 500 pairs. There is, however, tremendous uncertainty with this and a robust, species-specific estimation should be considered a research priority. The global population is therefore suspected of numbering 1,000-2,499 mature individuals, with a best guess of 1,500. Each island is considered a separate subpopulation, although sites may now be so fragmented that multiple artificial subpopulations exist within these. Nonetheless, it is highly likely that no subpopulation exceeds 1,000 mature individuals. Further research is needed.

Trend justification: There are no robust data available on this species' trend. Nonetheless, it is suspected of declining because of ongoing (albeit low rates of) habitat loss and degradation (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein), fragmentation impacts and potentially riverine pollution.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Shifting agriculture	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Type Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Southern Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx nigrirostris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/southern-indigo-banded-kingfisher-ceyx-nigrirostris 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.