| Citation |
BirdLife International 2018. Pericrocotus flammeus . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22706766A130430325. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706766A130430325.en. Downloaded on 03 February 2020. |
Description |
JUSTIFICATION
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the threshold for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years of three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
DESCRIPTION
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as widespread and common in Nepal, locally common in India, Bangladesh and China, common in Bhutan and Sri Lanka, common in south-east Asia (except central Thailand) common in the Philippines and scarce in Singapore (del Hoyo et al. 2005). Brazil (2009) has estimated the population of China at c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs.
Trend Justification:
The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016) and high hunting pressure. |
