TAXON SUMMARY Trumpet (Torres Strait)

1 Family Paradisaeidae

2 Scientific name Phonygammus keraudrenii jamesii (Sharpe, 1877)

3 Common name Trumpet Manucode (Torres Strait)

4 Conservation status Near Threatened: e

5 Reasons for listing 10 Threats The Australian population of this subspecies is There are no immediate threats except, perhaps, those confined to two small islands with a combined area of posed to low islands by rising sea levels. less than 100 km2 (Vulnerable: D2). The global status, however, is Least Concern and genetic interchange is likely to be substantial. The Australian status has therefore been downgraded (as per Gärdenfors et al., 1999) to Near Threatened: e (genetic interchange beyond borders).

Australian population Estimate Reliability Extent of occurrence 300 km2 high trend stable high Area of occupancy 95 km2 high trend stable high No. of breeding 2,000 low trend stable high 11 Recommended actions No. of sub-populations 2 high 11.1 Initiate community-based ecotourism business Largest sub-population 2,000 low promoting the islands’ unique avifauna. Generation time 10 years low Monitoring of sub-populations and habitat Global population share <1 % high could then be undertaken by visiting - Level of genetic exchange high high watchers and local rangers. 6 Infraspecific taxa 12 Bibliography P. k. gouldii (northern Cape York Peninsula) is Least Draffan, R. D. W., Garnett, S. T. and Malone, G. J. Concern. There are seven other subspecies in New 1983. Bird of the Torres Strait: An annotated list and Guinea and on nearby islands (Frith and Beehler, biogeographic analysis. Emu 83:207-234. 1998). Frith, C. B. and Beehler, B. M. 1998. The Birds of 7 Past range and abundance Paradise. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Southern New Guinea, extending to Saibai and Boigu Is (Draffan et al., 1983, Schodde and Mason, Gärdenfors, U., Rodríguez, J.P., Hilton-Taylor, C., 1999). Hyslop, C., Mace, G., Molur, S. and Poss, S. 1999. Draft guidelines for the Application of IUCN Red List 8 Present range and abundance Criteria at National and Regional Levels. As above. 31-32:58-70. 9 Ecology Schodde, R. and Mason, I. J. 1999. The Directory of In Torres Strait, Trumpet live in Australian Birds: . CSIRO, Collingwood, mangroves. Elsewhere in their range, they feed on Victoria. fruits and seeds, as well as insects. The build a shallow, cup nest, often in association with nesting Black Comments received from Butcherbirds Cracticus quoyi, and lay 1-2 eggs (Frith and Geoff Dews, Stan Wright. Beehler, 1998).

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