Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Least Concern as it is not thought to approach the thresholds for any of the IUCN criteria; however, further research is required on this poorly-known species.
Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'rare'.
Trend justification
The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.
Grallaria eludens occurs in south-east Peru in Ucayali (Balta and on the Cordillera Divisor), and probably Madre de Dios (Manu National Park and Cerro Pantiacolla (P. Champlin in litt. 1998)), and has recently been discovered on the upper rio Juruá, Brazil (Whittaker and Oren 1999).
It occurs in humid terra firme forest with dense undergrowth, from 150 to 500 m (Ridgely and Tudor 1994, Parker et al. 1996). It is otherwise essentially unknown (Ridgely and Tudor 1994, Parker et al. 1996).
Although its forests within its range are still relatively intact ( Stattersfield et al. 1998), the region is subject to some selective logging and is being opened up for development, with oil/gas extraction and mining, and associated road-building and human colonisation resulting in further degradation (Dinerstein et al. 1995).
Conservation Actions Underway
It occurs in Manu National Park, Peru.
Text account compilers
Hermes, C., Butchart, S., Gilroy, J., Taylor, J.
Contributors
Champlin, P.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Elusive Antpitta Grallaria eludens. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/elusive-antpitta-grallaria-eludens on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.