Souza's Shrike (Lanius souzae) - BirdLife species factsheet

Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae

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Taxonomy

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
2024	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	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	26 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,250,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.42 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon (Harris and Franklin 2000). This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Non-breeding visitor
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	vagrant		yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Caconda
Angola	Cangandala National Park
Angola	Cuelei
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mount Moco
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kundelungu National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Marungu highlands
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Upemba National Park
Malawi	Dzalanyama Forest Reserve
Malawi	Kasungu National Park
Malawi	Namizimu Forest Reserve
Malawi	Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Mozambique	Furancungo woodlands
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Zambia	Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage
Zambia	Chisamba
Zambia	Chitunta Plain
Zambia	Hillwood
Zambia	Jimbe Drainage
Zambia	Kafue National Park
Zambia	Kalungwishi
Zambia	Kasanka National Park
Zambia	Lavushi Manda National Park
Zambia	Liuwa Plain National Park
Zambia	Lukususi National Park
Zambia	Minyanya Plain
Zambia	Mutinondo Wilderness
Zambia	Nkanga River Conservation Area
Zambia	North Swaka
Zambia	Shiwa Ng'andu
Zambia	Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Zambia	Source of the Zambezi
Zambia	West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa Game Management Area
Zambia	Wonder Gorge

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	750 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/souzas-shrike-lanius-souzae 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.