Vidua paradisaea
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PASSERIFORMES
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Family:
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VIDUIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Vidua paradisaea
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Species Authority:
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | EASTERN PARADISE-WHYDAH |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Vidua paradisaea and V. orientalis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into V. paradisaea following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,600,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'frequent' in at least parts of its range (Hall and Moreau 1970, Roberts 1993, Zimmerman et al. 1996, Stevenson and Fanshawe 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 4,600,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'frequent' in at least parts of its range (Hall and Moreau 1970, Roberts 1993, Zimmerman et al. 1996, Stevenson and Fanshawe 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Guinea; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Habitat and Ecology
