Family: Bernieridae (Tetrakas)

Authority: (Sharpe, 1881)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3c; C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because it probably has a moderately small population, which is likely to experience a moderately rapid population decline in the next ten years, owing to habitat loss to shifting agriculture. Surveys of the population and close monitoring of threats are required to confirm its status.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 285,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial