Family: Cinclidae (Dippers)

Authority: Cabanis, 1882

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Vulnerable owing to its small and scattered population. Habitat disturbance and degradation from pollution and agricultural expansion are feared to cause slow, but ongoing, declines in the population size.

Population size: 2000-3300 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 73,600 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial