CEBU FLOWERPECKER (DICAEUM QUADRICOLOR)
Conservation:
IUCN status - CR (Critically Endangered)
This species has an extremely small and fragmented breeding range and the global population is estimated at just 85-105 individuals. The Cebu flowerpecker was feared to have become extinct during the 20th century, because all the island's forest were thought to have been cleared. However, it was rediscovered in 1992. The population is now believed to be stable, or declining very slowly, as the remaining patches of forests are located in areas where they are not likely to be cleared. Still, the risk of habitat destruction due to illegal settlement, road construction, shifting cultivation, illicit logging, charcoal making, firewood collection and habitat clearance for mining; the interspecific competition with red-striped flowerpecker Dicaeum australe; and the inevitable risk of stochastic events that may eliminate such a small population make this one of the most endangered bird species in the World.
IUCN status - CR (Critically Endangered)
This species has an extremely small and fragmented breeding range and the global population is estimated at just 85-105 individuals. The Cebu flowerpecker was feared to have become extinct during the 20th century, because all the island's forest were thought to have been cleared. However, it was rediscovered in 1992. The population is now believed to be stable, or declining very slowly, as the remaining patches of forests are located in areas where they are not likely to be cleared. Still, the risk of habitat destruction due to illegal settlement, road construction, shifting cultivation, illicit logging, charcoal making, firewood collection and habitat clearance for mining; the interspecific competition with red-striped flowerpecker Dicaeum australe; and the inevitable risk of stochastic events that may eliminate such a small population make this one of the most endangered bird species in the World.
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