Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea)

Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Pogoniulus coryphaea (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously listed as P. coryphaeus.

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	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/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	11 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,710,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	8.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally uncommon and local (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Angola	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Rwanda	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Mombolo (Missão da Namba)
Angola	Mount Moco
Angola	Tundavala
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mbi Crater Faunal Reserve - Mbingo forest
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Mount Mbam
Cameroon	Mount Oku
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Njinsing - Tabenken
Cameroon	Tchabal-Mbabo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Obudu Plateau
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	marginal	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	900 - 3030 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 50 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-green-tinkerbird-pogoniulus-coryphaea on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.