Justification This forest-associated species is listed as Near Threatened because it is assumed to have experienced moderately rapid declines owing to the extensive loss of lowland forests in Borneo. It is not considered more threatened because it can use secondary habitats, and indeed the species shows some preference for these. Confirmation of its habitat association may lead to downlisting in the future.

Family/Sub-family Dicaeidae

Species name author (Sharpe, 1877)

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

Identification

Population estimate

Population trend

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

Country endemic?

unknown

decreasing

-

No

Range & population Dicaeum everetti occurs in the lowlands of Sarawak, Sabah (several reports but no specimens) and Peninsular Malaysia, Kalimantan, the Natuna Islands and Riau archipelago, Indonesia and Brunei. It is apparently uncommon or rare throughout its range, particularly in Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau archipelago, but on Borneo it has a patchy distribution.

Ecology: It is recorded from forest (including swamp forest, heath forest and secondary forests), shade coffee plantations and gardens to 1,100 m.

Threats Forest destruction in the Sundaic lowlands of Indonesia and Malaysia has been extensive (Kalimantan lost nearly 25% of its evergreen forest during 1985-1997, and Sumatra lost almost 30% of its 1985 cover), but the species's use of submontane and secondary forests, gardens and coffee plantations implies that it is not immediately threatened.

Conservation measures underway None are known.

Conservation measures proposed Determine the species's status outside of Borneo. Confirm a reported preference for secondary habitats and assess its abundance. Review the threats to the species.

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 Joe Benshemesh, Phil Benstead (BirdLife International), Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International)

IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Mike Crosby (BirdLife International)

Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Dicaeum everetti. 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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