Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Authority: Tweeddale, 1877

Red List Category

Criteria: A3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is endemic to Mindanao and the Eastern Visayas in the Philippines, where it is confined to lowland forest understood to be at high risk from logging pressures. Over the past three generations (c. 16 years), populations are thought to have declined by nearly 30%, and since 2014 the rate of decline has accelerated such that the global population is thought to have started declining at a rate that may have exceeded 30% (over three generations) since 2014. Accordingly, it is now considered as Vulnerable.

Population size: 5000-10000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 253,000 km²

Country endemic: yes