Spelaeornis kinneari

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	TIMALIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Spelaeornis kinneari

Species Authority:

Delacour & Jabouille, 1930

Common Name/s:

English

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Pale-throated Wren-babbler

Taxonomic Notes:

Spelaeornis chocolatinus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into S. chocolatinus, S. reptatus, S. oatesi and S. kinneari following Collar (2006).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Pilgrim, J.

Justification:
This species is listed as Vulnerable because its small range, in which it is restricted to fewer than 10 locations, is declining as habitat is cleared to make way for cultivation.

History:

2011	–	Vulnerable
2009	–	Least Concern
2008	–	Least Concern
2004	–	Not Recognized
2000	–	Not Recognized
1994	–	Not Recognized
1988	–	Not Recognized

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Spelaeornis kinneari occurs in the Fan Si Pan Mountains in West Tonkin, Vietnam, and has more recently been found in south-eastern Yunnan and north-western Guanxi, China (del Hoyo et al. 2007).
Countries:	Native: China; Viet Nam
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Population [top]

Population:	The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common, although rare in China.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits the understorey of broadleaf evergreen forest and overgrown forest gaps at 1,600-2,500 m in Vietnam, with probable records at 1,400-1,600 m in China (del Hoyo et al. 2007). Its diet is unknown, but the species forages close to the ground like its congeners and it probably feeds on small invertebrates (del Hoyo et al. 2007).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is deforestation, which is driven in large part by the expansion of agriculture, with a particular threat coming from the spread of intensive cardamom cultivation (J. Pilgrim in litt. 2011), which the species may not tolerate. Cardamom growing in north-western Vietnam has increased markedly during the last five years (J. Pilgrim in litt. 2011).

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is deforestation, which is driven in large part by the expansion of agriculture, with a particular threat coming from the spread of intensive cardamom cultivation (J. Pilgrim in litt. 2011), which the species may not tolerate. Cardamom growing in north-western Vietnam has increased markedly during the last five years (J. Pilgrim in litt. 2011).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Conservation Actions Underway It occurs in Fan Si Pan National Park (Vietnam) and may occur in Cenwanglaoshan Nature Reserve (China) (del Hoyo et al. 2007). No targeted actions are known. Conservation Actions Proposed Carry out surveys at known sites to obtain a total population estimate. Search for the species at new sites. Monitor land-use changes in the species's range. Increase the area of suitable habitat in its range that has protected status.

Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions Underway
It occurs in Fan Si Pan National Park (Vietnam) and may occur in Cenwanglaoshan Nature Reserve (China) (del Hoyo et al. 2007). No targeted actions are known.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Carry out surveys at known sites to obtain a total population estimate. Search for the species at new sites. Monitor land-use changes in the species's range. Increase the area of suitable habitat in its range that has protected status.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Spelaeornis kinneari. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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