Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely 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 is extremely large, and hence does not 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 is esitmated to number 5-50 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019). The species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).
Trend justification
The species is undergoing a large, significant decline (Partners in Flight 2019), which is thought to be caused by low levels of habitat loss within the range (Tracewski et al. 2016).
This species has a large range extending from Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname), and Peru to northwestern Brazil and northern Bolivia.
The species primarily inhabits humid and evergreen forest in the lowlands and foothills to 2,000m, although generally below 1,300 m, and is found less frequently in gallery and deciduous forest, and occasionally in mangroves. It is mainly insectivorous, although other invertebrates and small vertebrates are also taken (Marantz et al. 2003).
The species is considered highly sensitive to habitat fragmentation and human disturbance in at least parts of its range, and is likely to have suffered declines owing to deforestation (Marantz et al. 2003).
Text account compilers
Hermes, C.
Contributors
Temple, H. & Derhé, M.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/plain-brown-woodcreeper-dendrocincla-fuliginosa on 21/12/2024.
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 21/12/2024.