Family: Picathartidae (Picathartes)

Authority: Reichenow, 1899

Red List Category:

Criteria: C2a(i)
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Justification of Red List category

This species qualifies as Near Threatened, because although it has a large range, it is suspected to have a small population size which is experiencing a continuing decline, owing primarily to the clearance and degradation of its habitat.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 522,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial