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Taxonomic note
Megalampitta gigantea (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Melampitta gigantea

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be seemingly rare and very local. However, the apparent rarity of this species seems to be due largely to its preference for an environment (karst) which is usually avoided by field workers. The species has been found to be locally fairly common in the Fakfak mountains (Coates 1990). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.3% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Greater Melampitta Megalampitta gigantea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/greater-melampitta-megalampitta-gigantea on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.