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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	A3cd+4cd

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Vulnerable	A3cd+4cd
2016	Vulnerable	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2012	Vulnerable	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2008	Vulnerable	A2c,d; A3c,d; A4c,d
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	815 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	197,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	39000-93000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2007
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	2016-2036
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	30-49%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	30-49%	-	-	-
Generation length	6.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In 1995, the world population was estimated at 85,000-115,000 individuals (Gartshore et al. 1995). Surveys carried out by Waltert et al. (2010) estimated a population of 42,400-119,800 individuals at the species's stronghold in the Taï region of Côte d'Ivoire. Previous estimates in other parts of its range include c.5,700-8,700 in Sierra Leone (Allport et al. 1989), over 10,000 in Liberia (Gatter 1997), and c.1,000 in Ghana (Allport 1991). Combining these figures produces a population estimate of c.59,100-139,500 individuals, roughly equivalent to 39,000-93,000 mature individuals. Owing to the age of some estimates, and the levels of reported poaching and habitat degradation that has since occurred (H. Rainey in litt. 2007; Waltert et al. 2010), it is likely that the population falls at the lower end of the estimate.

Trend justification: The species is inferred to be declining owing to the destruction of habitat through logging and forest clearance for agriculture (H. Rainey in litt. 2007; Global Forest Watch 2021). Where it still occurs in large numbers, it suffers high mortality from poaching (Freeman et al. 2019). Increased hunting in logged areas may prevent recovery at some sites (Allport et al. 1989; Holbech 1996).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Côte d'Ivoire	Mabi Forest reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Zwedru
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Competition

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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