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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Near Threatened	B2ab(ii,iii,iv)
2016	Endangered	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2012	Endangered	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2008	Endangered	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2004	Endangered
2000	Endangered
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	39,100 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,400 km2
Number of locations	11-20	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	13000-34000 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2016
Population trend	decreasing	medium	suspected	-
Generation length	3.6 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population in South Nandi Forest has been estimated at c.13,900 birds, and more recently at c. 14,400 birds (Otieno et al. 2011). The population in closed canopy forest in Kakamega has recently been estimated at c. 4,300 individuals (Otieno et al. 2014). Thus, the total population suspected to be >19,999 individuals, and so is tentatively placed in the range bracket of 20,000-49,999 individuals. This roughly equates to 13,333-33,333 mature individuals, rounded here to 13,000-34,000 mature individuals. Robust, repeated survey is required to validate this preliminary estimate and to be able to detect population changes.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to the effects of forest clearance for cultivation, small-scale and commercial logging activities and intense grazing by livestock. The likely rate of decline has not been estimated.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Uganda	presence uncertain	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Kenya	Kakamega forest
Kenya	South Nandi forest
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	470 - 1900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
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
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/turners-eremomela-eremomela-turneri 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.