Family: Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

Authority: Jardine & Selby, 1827

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
The population is believed to be declining at a very rapid rate due to exceptionally high rates of trapping to supply the cage bird trade. Market data indicates that this species is over-exploited, and the species has been reported to have become rare or to have disappeared from large regions where it was previously common. Expert judgment has assessed that the rate of this decline is suspected to have exceeded 50% within the past ten years. In the absence of any expectation of a reduction in market demand or restriction on trapping activity, the decline is expected to continue at this very rapid rate. Thus, the species qualifies for Endangered.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 4,280,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome