White-throated Tit (Aegithalos niveogularis)

White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis

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/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	323,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.53 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to locally common in India and rare and local in Nepal and Pakistan (Harrap and Quinn 1996). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 0.4% 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	Breeding visitor
India	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
India	Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and Goriganga Basin
India	Govind National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Sandra, Kotinad and Singtur ranges (Tons forest division)
India	Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary and surrounding Reserve Forests
India	Khirganga National Park
India	Lambri Forest (Banjar Forest Division)
India	Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
India	Rupi Bhaba Wildlife Sanctuary
Nepal	Annapurna Conservation Area
Nepal	Rara National Park
Nepal	Shey-Phoksundo National Park
Pakistan	Palas valley

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1700 - 3700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	1800 - 3965 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-throated-tit-aegithalos-niveogularis 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.