Justification This species is likely to be declining moderately rapidly throughout its range as a result of the continuing clearence and destruction of forest habitats. It is therefore considered Near Threatened.

Family/Sub-family Eurylaimidae

Species name author Raffles, 1822

Taxonomic source(s) Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

Population estimate

Population trend

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

Country endemic?

decreasing

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No

Range & population Eurylaimus ochromalus is confined to the Sundaic lowlands, where it is recorded from south Tenasserim, Myanmar, peninsular and west Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Kalimantan (including the Natuna Islands) and Sumatra (including offshore islands), Java and Bali, Indonesia and Brunei. It remains locally common in areas of suitable habitat.

Ecology: This species occurs in a variety of forest types including primary lowland evergreen forest, mixed dipterocarp forest, swamp forest and forest edge, as well as secondary growth and adjacent plantations. It occurs mainly in the lowlands, up to 1,200 m in some areas. Persistence in logged forests, secondary habitats and plantations is dependent on the presence of many remnant tall trees.

Threats Rates of forest loss in the Sundaic lowlands have been extremely rapid, owing partly to the escalation of illegal logging and land conversion, with deliberate targeting of all remaining stands of valuable timber including those inside protected areas. Forest fires have also had a damaging effect (particularly in 1997-1998). The magnitude of these threats may be allayed by this species's tolerance of secondary forest.

Conservation measures proposed Conduct repeated surveys across the range to determine the magnitude of declines and rates of range contraction. Conduct ecological studies to improve understanding of its precise habitat requirements, tolerance of secondary habitats and response to fragmentation. Campaign for the protection of remaining tracts of lowland forest throughout the range.

References BirdLife International (2001).

Further web sources of information

Fully detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001), together with new information collated since the publication of the Red Data Book

Text account compilers Phil Benstead (BirdLife International), James Gilroy (BirdLife International)

IUCN Red List evaluators Phil Benstead (BirdLife International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), James Gilroy (BirdLife International), Alison Stattersfield (BirdLife International)

Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Eurylaimus ochromalus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/2/2010

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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