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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c
2016	Vulnerable	A3c
2012	Vulnerable	A3c
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(iii)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	387,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2017-2027
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.78 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been quantified, but descriptions range from rare and uncommon to fairly common (Schulenberg and Kirwan 2020).

Trend justification: There are no data on the population trend, but declines are suspected on the basis of accelerating rates of deforestation along large rivers in the Amazon basin.
Within the range, 7% of tree cover is lost over ten years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). This value does not account for the impacts of forest degradation and fragmentation, so the overall rate of habitat loss may be larger than this. Deforestation varies greatly locally, with forests particularly in east-central Peru being severely logged while large tracts of undisturbed habitat remain in other parts of the range (Global Forest Watch 2022).
The species is not known to tolerate habitat degradation and is thought to have highly specialised habitat requirements (Schulenberg and Kirwan 2020). The population may therefore be disproportionately affected as its riverine habitat is easily accessible and thus highly susceptible to forest loss and degradation. Precautionarily, population declines are therefore here placed in the band 20-29% over ten years, though an accurate quantification is urgently required.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Baixo Rio Javari
Peru	Morona
Peru	Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-tailed-antbird-myrmoborus-melanurus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.