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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
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	C1; C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	350,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	2016-2029
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-12%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-12%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-12%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.42 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species has a large range, within which it is locally common (Madge and McGowan 2002, eBird 2023), such that its population size is unlikely to be especially small.

Trend justification: The population is precautionarily suspected to be slowly declining in response to forest cover loss and localised hunting, although even when combined, these threats are not believed to have been rapid over the past three generations (13 years: 2010-2023). Remote sensing data (Global Forest Watch 2023, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) indicate that forest cover loss in this species' mapped range was equivalent to 4-7% over the past three generations (depending on the assumptions used). This rate of loss is broadly similar to that reported in Savini et al. (2021), who calculated a reduction of forest extent of 7.5% between 2000 and 2018, equivalent to approximately 5.5% over three generations. However, these authors used a different range map to that used here, and set the species' elevational limits at 600-1,200 m (here it includes lowland forest, from which there are records, especially in India: eBird 2023).
These calculations do not account for habitat degradation, although this species appears tolerant of habitat modifications, and even occurs in tea plantations, provided there is sufficient canopy cover. Consequently, habitat loss along is thought to have caused a reduction of 1-9% in population size over the past three generations. Hunting may be a localised threat (particularly in Myanmar, and away from protected areas), but this is unlikely to be driving substantial population declines. Considering both threats, the rate of population decline is set to 1-12% over the past three generations. There is no evidence to suggest that this rate will accelerate in the future, with an increasing percentage of the species' range now occurring in protected areas (Savini et al. 2021, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2023). Given this species' tolerance of forest regrowth, declines are thought to be reversible.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
India	Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1220 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Shifting agriculture	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%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence

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