Family: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Authority: (Chapman, 1928)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range and although is distributed patchily and at low density within this range, the spread of confirmed records indicates that it is not restricted to a small area of occupancy, although the area of habitat is declining. The total population size is uncertain, but occurs as multiple subpopulations with density estimates indicating that the western portion totals between 3,000 - 12,000 mature individuals. Despite the fact that the population appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach threatened thresholds. For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. Despite the very large range, its dependence on understory bamboo may expose it to greater risk from fragmentation of intact forest in the future and this requires ongoing monitoring and attention.

Population size: 5000-30000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,320,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial