Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Authority: Steere, 1890

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because it is thought to have a small population that is suspected to be undergoing a decline because of the slow loss and decline in area and quality of its forested lowland stream habitats.

Population size: 1200-6000,2500-5000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 49,900 km²

Country endemic: yes