Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Authority: Temminck, 1830

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is considered to be at an extremely high risk of extinction because it has a small global population size (thought to number fewer than 250 mature individuals) with no subpopulation hosting more than 20-60. It is thought to be in slow decline in response to habitat loss and degradation. Accordingly it is listed as Critically Endangered. Surveys across more of its range are urgently needed to determine whether further populations persist, and discovered populations desperately need protection.

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Country endemic: yes