Visayan rhabdornis

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Visayan rhabdornis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Rhabdornis
Species:
R. rabori
Binomial name
Rhabdornis rabori
Rand, 1950

The Visayan rhabdornis (Rhabdornis rabori) is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is endemic to the central Philippines on the islands of Negros and Panay. It was previously considered a subspecies of the stripe-breasted rhabdornis. [2] It lives in tropical moist montane forest and is threatened by habitat loss.

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Description

EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized bird of foothill and lower montane forest on Negros and Panay with an off-white throat, a white belly, brown upperparts, darker wings and tail, a black mask, a gray crown, and pale brown sides broadly streaked white. Often perches on dead branches. Similar to Stripe-sided Rhabdornis, but usually found at higher elevations, bill is shorter and thicker, and crown is gray rather than dark with white streaks. Voice includes high-pitched chips and squeals." [3]

Habitat and conservation status

It lives in sub-montane and montane primary and secondary forest, forest edge and occasionally in clearings with an altitude range of 800 to 1,700 meters above sea level. It is often seen on the upper levels of the forest strata in the canopy. [4]

IUCN Red List has assessed the Visayan rhabdornis as Least Concern, with an estimated population of 2,500 to 9,999 mature individuals. This bird's main threat is extensive habitat loss on Negros and Panay. Primary forests have been almost totally destroyed on Negros (where just 4% of any type of forest cover remained in 1988) and Panay (where 8% remained). Habitat degradation, through clearance for agriculture, timber and charcoal burning, continues to seriously threaten remaining fragments

Conservation actions proposed include surveys to determine the species' status in Negros and Panay and increased forest protection. [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2022). "Rhabdornis rabori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. "Visayan Rhabdornis". Ebird.
  4. Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife International Guides. pp. 310–311.
  5. International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2016-10-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Rhabdornis rabori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-09-16.