Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The global population size is unknown given recent taxonomic splits.
Trend justification
The species is undergoing a large, significant decline (Partners in Flight 2019).
Deconychura typica is known from an isolated site in south Honduras, where the only record dates from 1953, Costa Rica, Panama, southern Nicaragua and north-west and north-central Colombia.
This is a species typical found in humid forest, most often in terra firme forest (with no flooding), but also in igapó (permanently flooded forest). It occurs in both lowlands and foothills, from 400 m up to 1,700 m in the Andean foothills (del Hoyo et al. 2003).
Conservation Actions Underway
None is known.
Conservation Actions Proposed
Expand the protected area network to effectively protect IBAs. Effectively resource and manage existing and new protected areas, utilising emerging opportunities to finance protected area management with the joint aims of reducing carbon emissions and maximizing biodiversity conservation. Conservation on private lands, through expanding market pressures for sound land management and preventing forest clearance on lands unsuitable for agriculture, is also essential (Soares-Filho et al. 2006).
17-22 cm. Medium-sized, brown woodcreeper. Has relatively long wings, tail and neck. Buff flecks on its large head give scruffy appearance. Bill is slim, straight and of medium length.
Text account compilers
Hermes, C.
Contributors
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Khwaja, N., Miller, E., Symes, A. & Wheatley, H.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-long-tailed-woodcreeper-deconychura-typica on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.