chat. Conservation status This common species has a large range, with an estimated extent of 850,000 km2. The population size is believed to be large, and the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. References Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton, SASOL Birds of Southern Africa (Struik 2002) Birds of Southern Africa External links Sicklewinged chat - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the sickle-winged chat sickle-winged chat Birds of Southern Africa sickle-winged chat