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Taxonomic note

Linaria johannis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Carduelis following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Near Threatened	D1
2016	Endangered	B1ab(iii,v);C2a(i,ii)
2012	Endangered	B1ab(iii,v);C2a(i,ii)
2008	Endangered	B1a+b(iii); C2a(ii)
2004	Endangered
2000	Endangered
1996	Endangered
1994	Endangered
1988	Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,400 km2	medium
Number of locations	11-100	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	250-999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2000
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	2.07 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: A survey-based population estimate has not been calculated for this species. The population size was inferred in c.2000 to fall in the band of 250-999 mature individuals, based on an assessment of known records, descriptions of abundance and range size, and recorded population density estimates for congeners. Due to political instability, no recent information is available. It is therefore suspected that the population size still falls into the band of 250-999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Data from Global Forest Watch (2020) suggests that between 2001-2019, the species’s range experienced a 0.57% loss of forest cover (>30% canopy cover). While juniper woodland is thought to be a key component of this species’s habitat, it is not entirely dependent on forest cover, so it is assumed to be declining at a slower rate than forest loss, a rate <1% over ten years. In the absence of other known threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Somalia	Daalo

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	unknown
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1270 - 2300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Warsangli Linnet Linaria johannis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/warsangli-linnet-linaria-johannis 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.