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Taxonomic note

Todiramphus veneratus and T. youngi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as T. veneratus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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	B1b(iii)+2b(iii)
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,320 km2
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,320 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	100000-199999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2022
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is very similar to, and usually considered conspecific with, T. youngi, which occurs on the neighbouring island of Moorea at a density of 240 birds/km² (Kesler et al. 2010), thought to be equivalent to c.170-210 mature individuals/km². The density of the two species appears to be similar (eBird 2022). The species is assumed to have high (60-80%) occupancy on Tahiti (1,045 km²) and is therefore estimated to have a population size of 106,500-175,500, rounded to 100,000-199,999 here.

Trend justification: No robust population data are available for this species but it is suspected to be declining locally owing to ongoing habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 2001, Google Earth 2021).

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
French Polynesia	Crêtes et pentes du Mont Marau
French Polynesia	Vallée de la Papenoo
French Polynesia	Vallées Maruapo, Papehue, Hopuetamai et Orofero

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Tourism & recreation areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tahiti Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tahiti-kingfisher-todiramphus-veneratus 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.