White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Cyornis pallidipes (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Cyornis pallipes.

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	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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	19 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	143,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size is unknown, but the species is described as common to uncommon or scarce (del Hoyo et al. 2006).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
India	extant	native		yes
Sri Lanka	extant	vagrant			yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
India	Achankovil Forest Division
India	Amarambalam Reserved Forest - Nilambur
India	Anshi National Park
India	Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Bandipur National Park
India	Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Bhimgad Forests
India	Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Camel’s Hump Mountains
India	Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Chandoli National Park
India	Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Eravikulam National Park
India	Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
India	INS - Shivaji and adjoining areas, Lonavla
India	Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
India	Kemmangundi and Bababudan Hills
India	Kemphole Reserve Forest
India	Kudremukh National Park
India	Kulahupuzha Reserved Forest
India	Kurinjimala Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Longwood Shola - Kothagiri
India	Malayattur Reserve Forest
India	Mankulam Forest Division
India	Megamalai Mountains
India	Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and area
India	Mudumalai National Park
India	Muthikulam-Siruvani Reserve Forest
India	Muthukuzhi
India	Nelliyampathy (Nemmara Division)
India	Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Peechi - Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Silent Valley National Park
India	Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Thattekkad Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Vazhachal Forest Division

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	300 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-bellied-blue-flycatcher-cyornis-pallidipes on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.