Family: Psophiidae (Trumpeters)

Authority: Pelzeln, 1857

Red List Category

Criteria: A4cd; C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category

Based on a model of deforestation in the Amazon basin, and the species’s vulnerability to hunting, it is suspected that its population is declining extremely rapidly over three generations. The total remaining population is likely to be extremely small and may now be restricted to two disjunct subpopulations. For these reasons it has been classified as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 241,000 km²

Country endemic: yes