VU
Scarlet-banded Barbet Capito wallacei



Family: Capitonidae (New World Barbets)

Authority: O'Neill, Lane, Kratter, Capparella et al., 2000

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii)

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Justification of Red List category
This recently described species is only known from a very small range in east-central Peru. Accelerating rates of deforestation in the known range are reducing the area of available habitat. The species is therefore listed as Vulnerable.




Population size: 250-999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 4,456 km2

Country endemic: yes

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scarlet-banded Barbet Capito wallacei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scarlet-banded-barbet-capito-wallacei on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.