Family: Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Authority: Sick, 1960

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i,ii); D

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Justification of Red List category
There have been been few recent sightings of this species, which must now have an extremely small population. All recent sightings have been made in and around the Mata do Passarinho Reserve on the Minas Gerais - Bahia border, so the species has an extremely small extent of occurrence. Its population size and habitat are likely to be declining owing to fires, logging and the clearance of steep humid valley-floor forest for cattle-ranching and agriculture. For these reasons it is classified as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 34 km²

Country endemic: yes

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