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Overview:

Near Threatened

Conservation Status

History:

• 1988-Near-threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988)
• 1994-Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
• 2000-Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000)

Threats:

• 1.9 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Unknown causes (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Justification

Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria C1+2a(i).

Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Physical Description

Family Sylviidae:

A Family of small passerine song birds with long tails.

Distribution

Habitat

Biome

Terrestrial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Babax:

There are approximately 7 species and subspecies in this genus: B. koslowi (Tibetan Babax) · B. lanceolatus · B. lanceolatus lanceolatus · B. lanceolatus lumsdeni · B. victoriae · B. waddelli (Giant Babax) · B. yunnanensis

Members of the genus Vitex:

There are approximately 656 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: V. obovata wilmsii · V. acuminata · V. acunae · V. adulterina · V. aesculifolia · V. agelaeifolia · V. agelaeifolia var. rufula · V. agnus · V. agnus-castus (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Abbeville Blue' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Alba' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Blue Spire' · V. agnus-castus 'Blushing Bride' · V. agnus-castus 'Blushing Spires' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Lavender Lady' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Montrose Purple' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Rosea' · V. agnus-castus 'Shoal Creek' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Silver Spire' (Silver Spire Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus 'Silver Spires' (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus f. caerulea · V. agnus-castus f. laciniosa · V. agnus-castus L. var. agnus-castus L. · V. agnus-castus L. var. caerulea Rehder · V. agnus-castus var. agnus-castus · V. agnus-castus var. caerulea · V. agnus-castus var. latifolia (Chaste Tree) · V. agnus-castus var. subtrisecta · V. agnuscastus · V. agraria · V. aherniana · V. ajugaeflora · V. ajugiflora · V. alata · V. altissima · V. altissima f. alata · V. altmanni · V. amaniensis · V. amazonica · V. amboniensis · V. andongensis · V. angolensis · V. angus-castus · V. annamense · V. annamensis · V. appendiculata · V. appuni · V. arborea · V. articulata · V. aurea · V. avicennioides · V. axillaris · V. babula · V. bahiensis · V. bakeri · V. balbi · V. balbisii · V. bankae · V. bantamensis · V. barbata · V. befotakensis · V. benthamiana · V. benuensis · V. bequaertii · V. beraviensis · V. beraviensis f. pilosa · V. beraviensis f. villosa · V. berteroana · V. betsiliensis · V. betsiliensis baronum · V. betsiliensis subsp. barorum · V. bicolor · V. bignonioides · V. bipindensis · V. bogalensis · V. bogoriensis · V. bojeri · V. bojeri var. suborbicularis · V. bombacifolia · V. bracteata · V. bracteosa · V. brasiliensis · V. brevilabiata · V. brevipetiolata · V. brittoniana · V. buchanani · V. buchananii · V. buchneri · V. buddingii · V. bulusanensis · V. bunguensis · V. burmensis · V. caespitosa · V. californica · V. calothyrsa · V. camporum · V. canescens · V. cannabifolia (Chinese Chaste Tree) · V. capitata · V. capitata f. albiflora

Bibliography

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558841
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 331189
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1040