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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	19 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.17 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be abundant in parts of its range (Keith et al. 1992). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 13.3% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Burundi	Kibira National Park
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	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Kabobo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Eswatini	Malolotja Nature Reserve
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Malawi	Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve
Malawi	Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve
Malawi	Namizimu Forest Reserve
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Soche Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Gorongosa Mountain and National Park
Mozambique	Mount Chiperone
Mozambique	Mount Mabu
Mozambique	Mount Namuli
Mozambique	Njesi plateau
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
South Africa	Amatola - Katberg Mountain
South Africa	Blyde River Canyon
South Africa	Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve
South Africa	Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve
South Africa	Entumeni Nature Reserve
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Karkloof
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal Mistbelt Forests
South Africa	Maloti Drakensberg Park
South Africa	Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
South Africa	Ngoye Forest Reserve
South Africa	Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Soutpansberg
South Africa	Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
South Africa	Wolkberg Forest Belt
South Africa	Woody Cape Section: Addo Elephant National Park
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Kidepo
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Nguu Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Mount Moroto Forest Reserve
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park
Zambia	Mafinga Mountains
Zambia	Nyika National Park (Zambia)
Zimbabwe	Banti Forest Reserve
Zimbabwe	Bvumba Highlands
Zimbabwe	Chimanimani Mountains (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe	Chirinda Forest
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley
Zimbabwe	Nyanga mountains
Zimbabwe	Stapleford Forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 4300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-starred-robin-pogonocichla-stellata on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.