Uluguru Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla neumanni) | Details

Uluguru Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla neumanni

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Arizelocichla nigriceps, A. chlorigula, A. neumanni and A. fusciceps (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Andropadus nigriceps following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993).

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
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	37 g

Range

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

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common to abundant (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

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	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Tanzania	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains

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
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Altitude	1350 - 3300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 700 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Uluguru Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla neumanni. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/uluguru-mountain-greenbul-arizelocichla-neumanni 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.