Family: Lybiidae (African barbets)

Authority: Clarke, 1920

Red List Category

Criteria: C1+2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because field studies have revealed that, although it is locally common, the total population is small and it is likely to have declined owing to degradation of its specialised habitat by agricultural and urban expansion and fuelwood collection.

Population size: 5200 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 82,900 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial