Conservation Status
Because the Long-tailed Widowbird has a very large range, the species does does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion put forward by Bird Life International (Extent of Occurrence being less than 20,000 km2 (7722 miles2) combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend is stable, so the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (a greater than 30% decline over ten years or three generations). While the total population size has not yet been quantified, it is not believed that the Long-tailed Widowbird is approaching the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (less than 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be greater than 10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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