Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii) | Details

Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	170,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.77 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common (Harris and Franklin 2000). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Guinea	Chutes de la Sala
Guinea	Gangan Foret Classe
Guinea	Grandes Chutes
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Cacheu
Sierra Leone	Outamba-Kilimi National Park
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/turatis-boubou-laniarius-turatii on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.