Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Authority: (Oustalet, 1895)

Red List Category

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

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Critically Endangered because it is restricted to an extremely small range on a single island, within which the quality of habitat has been reduced as cyclones have caused the loss of suitable nesting trees. Any potential change in land management within this tiny range could prove catastrophic for the species.

BirdLife Species Guardian: Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie (MANU)

Population size: 90

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 60 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome