Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)

Authority: Donegan, 2007

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
This recently described species is listed as Critically Endangered. It had been known only from three museum specimens collected in 1971, until it was rediscovered in January 2018 in the Colombian Andes. The remaining population is thought to be extremely small.

BirdLife Species Guardian: Grupo de Ecología y Evolución de Vertebrados de la Universidad de Antioquia

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 320 km²

Country endemic: yes