Family: Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)
Authority: Sick, 1960
Red List Category
Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,v);C2a(i,ii);D
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Justification of Red List categoryThis species remained unrecorded for 50 years until it was rediscovered in 1995 near Una, Bahia, but there have been no more records from this locality despite subsequent searches. However, it has now also been found in Bandeira county, in the border of the Pardo and Jequitinhonha valleys, Minas Gerais and Bahia, where its extremely small range and population, at a single location, is declining owing to fires, logging and the clearance of steep humid valley-floor forest for cattle-ranching and agriculture. The entire population may now number just 10-15 individuals. For these reasons it is classified as Critically Endangered.
Population size:
1-49
Population trend:
Decreasing
Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):
29 km
2
Country endemic:
Yes
Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome