Family: Ardeidae (Herons)

Authority: Hume, 1878

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This heron is classified as Critically Endangered because it has an extremely small and rapidly declining population. This decline is projected to increase in the near future as a result of the loss and degradation of lowland forest and wetlands, and through direct exploitation and disturbance.

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 165,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome