White-billed Starling (Onychognathus albirostris)

White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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
2024	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	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	337,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common to abundant (Feare and Craig 1998). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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	Non-breeding visitor
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	uncertain		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eritrea	Senafe
Ethiopia	Ankober - Debre Sina escarpment
Ethiopia	Borana-Saynt (Denkoro Forest)
Ethiopia	Entoto Natural Park and escarpment
Ethiopia	Guassa Plateau (Menz)
Ethiopia	Jemma and Jara valleys
Ethiopia	Mount Zuquala
Ethiopia	Simien Mountains National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	2000 - 3100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-billed-starling-onychognathus-albirostris 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.