Crypsirina cucullata
– Near Threatened
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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CORVIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Crypsirina cucullata
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Species Authority:
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Jerdon, 1862
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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NT 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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Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria C1+2a(i).
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988) |
| 1994 | - | Vulnerable (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Crypsirina cucullata is endemic to the dry zone of central Myanmar, on the plains of the Irrawaddy and Sittang Rivers, where it is found in dry dipterocarp forest, dry thornscrub, secondary growth and the edge of agricultural land in the lowlands to 1,000 m. It was formerly common, but the forests of the Irrawaddy plains are now largely cleared for agriculture and a sharp decline was thought to have taken place. However, recent surveys have found it to remain locally common in extensive areas of suitable habitat.
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Countries:
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Native:
Myanmar
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Habitat and Ecology
