Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: (Shelley, 1906)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(ii,iii,v);C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small range, within much of which the extent and quality of its habitat are declining, leading to an increasingly fragmented distribution and probably a declining population. It is therefore considered Vulnerable.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 416,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial