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Justification of Red List category
There has been extensive forest loss in the species’s range, and this species may be very intolerant of any habitat alteration. Therefore, while the rate of forest clearance is low, declines may be occurring even in areas not completely cleared. Habitat clearance is likely to continue into the future, and it is suspected that the population of this species is declining at least at a slow or moderate rate. Therefore, this species is listed as Vulnerable, on the basis of its small Area of Occupancy.

Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified given recent taxonomic splits.

Trend justification
This species is thought to be in decline and severely fragmented owing to ongoing habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 2003). A remote sensing study found that forest loss within its range were potentially 3% over the last three generations (Tracewski et al. 2016); thus the species may be declining by <10% over three generations.

This species occurs only in northeastern Brazil (Ceará south to northern Bahia) and its population is considered to be serverely fragmented. The species has a small Area of Occupancy. The vast majority of recent records come from Ceará, with others from Pernambuco and Bahia.

This species is found in tropical lowland and montane evergreen forest. It occasionally extends into mature secondary forest.

The species is threatened with extensive forest loss throughout its range, and is thought to be very intolerant of any habitat alteration, with even selective logging affecting local abundance (Remsen 2016).

Conservation Actions Underway

The species is listed as Vulnerable on the Brazilian Red List under Criterion B2, on the basis of its small Area of Occupancy.

Text account compilers
Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S., Derhé, M., Hermes, C.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Ceara Leaftosser Sclerurus cearensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/ceara-leaftosser-sclerurus-cearensis on 27/11/2024.
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 27/11/2024.