Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Authority: Taczanowski, 1882

Red List Category

Criteria: A3c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is known from few locations, has a small overall range, and is seriously threatened by continuing deforestation, which is predicted to cause very rapid declines over the next three generations. Because of the rate of this predicted decline it has been uplisted to Endangered.

Population size: 6000-15000

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 8,200 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome