White-tailed Crested-flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)

White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata

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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	9 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,300,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.52 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to common (Urban et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 12.5% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (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 distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

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
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	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Soche Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Gorongosa Mountain and National Park
Mozambique	Mount Chiperone
Mozambique	Mount Namuli
Mozambique	Njesi plateau
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	South Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park
Zambia	Mafinga Mountains
Zambia	Mutinondo Wilderness
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

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	350 - 2700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-tailed-crested-flycatcher-elminia-albonotata 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.