6 thoughts on “White-bellied Sholakili (Sholicola albiventris)”
Annexure 1: population trend justification has a reference to Reddy et al 2016. I think this is a generic habitat change manuscript, not directly related to the habitat of the species. More recent studies have failed to detect such changes in the habitat
Arasumani M., Danish Khan, C.K. Vishnudas, M. Muthukumar, Milind Bunyan*, V.V. Robin*. 2019. Invasion compounds and ecosystem-wide loss to afforestation in the tropical grasslands of the Shola Sky Island. Biological Conservation. 230 (2019) 141-150. 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.019. *Equal authors
Arasumani M., Danish Khan, Arundhati Das, Ian Lockwood, Robert Stewart, Ravi A Kiran, M. Muthukumar, Milind Bunyan*, V.V. Robin*. 2018. Not seeing the grass for the trees: Timber plantations and agriculture shrink tropical montane grassland by two-thirds over four decades in the Palani Hills, a Western Ghats Sky Island. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0190003
But I do agree with the overall Near Threatened assessment and its justification
I agree with the overall assessment.
However, it might be worth documenting that this species has shown culturally isolated populations based on acoustics which cannot be discerned through genetic markers.
Such populations might indicate low connectivity between the sub-populations; which I think should be defined as four (Munnar-Grass hills, Palani hills, Meghamalai-Pandalam hills and Agasthyamala hills – last one being ashambuensis subspecies)
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Thanks for contributors who made helpful comments. Information regarding habitat loss and subpopulation structure has now been incorporated in line with the responses above. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. White-bellied Sholakili is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching thresholds for listing as threatened under Criterion B1ab(iii).
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Annexure 1: population trend justification has a reference to Reddy et al 2016. I think this is a generic habitat change manuscript, not directly related to the habitat of the species. More recent studies have failed to detect such changes in the habitat
Arasumani M., Danish Khan, C.K. Vishnudas, M. Muthukumar, Milind Bunyan*, V.V. Robin*. 2019. Invasion compounds and ecosystem-wide loss to afforestation in the tropical grasslands of the Shola Sky Island. Biological Conservation. 230 (2019) 141-150. 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.019. *Equal authors
Arasumani M., Danish Khan, Arundhati Das, Ian Lockwood, Robert Stewart, Ravi A Kiran, M. Muthukumar, Milind Bunyan*, V.V. Robin*. 2018. Not seeing the grass for the trees: Timber plantations and agriculture shrink tropical montane grassland by two-thirds over four decades in the Palani Hills, a Western Ghats Sky Island. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0190003
But I do agree with the overall Near Threatened assessment and its justification
I agree with the overall assessment.
However, it might be worth documenting that this species has shown culturally isolated populations based on acoustics which cannot be discerned through genetic markers.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.2475
Such populations might indicate low connectivity between the sub-populations; which I think should be defined as four (Munnar-Grass hills, Palani hills, Meghamalai-Pandalam hills and Agasthyamala hills – last one being ashambuensis subspecies)
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
Thanks for contributors who made helpful comments. Information regarding habitat loss and subpopulation structure has now been incorporated in line with the responses above. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. White-bellied Sholakili is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching thresholds for listing as threatened under Criterion B1ab(iii).
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.