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 given recent taxonomic splits.
Trend justification
The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019). A remote-sensing study found that forest within its range has been lost at a rate of 6% over three generations (Tracewski et al. 2016). Assuming that forest loss is continuing at this rate and population declines are proportional to forest loss, the species may be declining at <10% over three generations.
D. sanctithomae is found in lowland and foothill forest (up to 1,800m) from southern Mexico south to northern and western Colombia and north Ecuador.
Text account compilers
Hermes, C.
Contributors
Miller, E., Westrip, J.R.S., Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S. & Derhé, M.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-barred-woodcreeper-dendrocolaptes-sanctithomae on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.