Overview

Comprehensive Description

Description

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Distribution

West Africa (resident): Guinea - W Cameroon - NW Angola (pulih, angolensis)

East Africa (intra-African migrant): breeds in SE DR Congo, S Tanzania to E Zambia, and NE South Africa, migrating north to region from NE DR Congo and S Central African Republic to S Kenya (longipennis); vagrant rest of E South Africa, 1 record Ethiopia.

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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

Systems
  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater
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Forest with dense undergrowth

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Migration

Resident (West Africa) and intra-African migrant (East Africa)

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Conservation

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2009

Assessor/s
BirdLife International

Reviewer/s
Bird, J., Butchart, S.

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Justification
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History
  • 2008
    Least Concern
  • 2004
    Least Concern
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Population

Population
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Lambert and Woodcock 1996).
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Wikipedia

African Pitta

The African Pitta (Pitta angolensis) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is a migratory species,and while it breeds in Tanzania and Southern Africa,it also migrates to the Congo Basin farther north.

References

  • Encyclopedia of Animals: Mammals,Birds,Reptiles and Amphibians. Harold G. Cogger, Edwin Gould, Joseph Forshaw
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