Family: Megapodiidae (Megapodes)

Authority: Blyth, 1846

Red List Category

Criteria: A1bc; D1

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Vulnerable due to a small population size, as a result of a very large one-off population reduction caused by the 2004 tsunami. Monitoring in the years after the tsunami suggests that the population is stable, although there is increased pressure on littoral forests and it is now more than a decade since the last survey. Evidence of declines in the population would lead to a category change in the future. 

Population size: 750-1500 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 8,700 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial