Family: Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Authority: (Tweeddale, 1877)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely small and declining population. Its range is very small and severely fragmented, owing to catastrophic deforestation which, although it has now slowed, is continuing. These factors qualify it as Critically Endangered.

BirdLife Species Guardian: Cebu Biodiversity Conservation Foundation

Population size: 60-70 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 700 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial