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 has not been quantified, but it is not believed to 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 population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).
Trend justification
Despite its preference of edge and disturbed habitat it is suspected that slow declines are ongoing due to the loss and fragmentation of forests and subsequent decline of its insect prey (Greeney 2020). Tree cover loss within the range is low (3% over three generations; Global Forest Watch 2023, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Population declines are therefore likely equally low; they are here tentatively placed in the band 1-9% over three generations.
The species occurs in the Amazon Basin and Guianan Shield of northern South America.
It inhabits dense and tangled understory of humid forests, often in proximity to swampy areas and watercourses (Greeney 2020, Aleixo et al. 2021). It appears to favour edge and young successional habitats around treefall gaps and overgrown clearings (Greeney 2020).
The species appears generally tolerant of secondary, disturbed and fragmented habitats (Greeney 2020). However, as large-scale loss of forests through logging and agricultural activities can cause the extirpation of the species' insect prey, deforestation represents an indirect threat to the species.
Text account compilers
Hermes, C.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona. Downloaded from
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Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/01/2025.