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 global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996). Poorly known and unobtrusive, this species also occurs in areas difficult to census (Winkler and Christie 2019).
Trend justification
Prior to the two species being lumped, those subspecies grouped under C. undatus were projected to lose 24.1-27.6%, and those under C. grammicus were projected to to lose 15.8-18.4% of suitable habitat within its distribution over three generations (15 years) based on a model of Amazonian deforestation (Soares-Filho et al. 2006, Bird et al. 2011). It was noted that the former group were relatively tolerant of habitat degradation hence was considered likely to decline by less than 25% over three generations. In combining the two former species the estimated rate from the previous models is overall lower than 25%, but there is a need to update the underlying data. For the present assessment the suspected current and future decline for Waved Woodpecker is <25% over three generations.
The Waved Woodpecker is a neotropical species, occurring in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
The species ccurs in a variety of forested habitats from dense rainforest, humid terra firme and várzea forests, to forest edge, second growth, and in some places savanna with scattered trees (Winkler and Christie 2019a,b).
This species is threatened by habitat loss from deforestation.
Text account compilers
Elliott, N.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/waved-woodpecker-celeus-undatus on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.