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Taxonomic note

Scytalopus gettyae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) is recognized as a species following work by Hosner et al. (2013).

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Near Threatened	B1b(iii)+2b(iii)
2016	Near Threatened	C2a(ii)
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,649 km2
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,232 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-19999 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2021
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: A preliminary population estimate can be derived from a congener with similar habitat requirements, the Ecuadorian Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi); this species occurs at a density of c. 27 mature individuals per km² in suitable forest (Hermes et al. 2017). Assuming that the Junin Tapaculo occurs at a similar density in forested habitat across its known range (593 km²; Global Forest Watch 2021), the population may number c. 16,000 mature individuals. To account for uncertainty, the population is here placed in the band 10,000-19,999 mature individuals. This value however may need to be revised should more information on this species become available.

The subpopulation structure is currently unknown.

Trend justification: The population trend has not been assessed directly. The species is potentially threatened by deforestation, but tree cover loss within the range has been very low over the past ten years (3%; Global Forest Watch 2021). The species tolerates some secondary and shrubby growth as long as primary forest is nearby (del Hoyo et al. 2020); it is therefore tentatively assessed as stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Peru	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	2400 - 3200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Junin Tapaculo Scytalopus gettyae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/junin-tapaculo-scytalopus-gettyae on 25/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 25/01/2025.