Family: Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Authority: Rippon, 1904

Red List Category

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

Click here for more information about the Red List categories and criteria

Justification of Red List category
This species is confined to a tiny area of montane forest in the Chin Hills, where it is inferred to have a small population. Slash-and-burn agriculture is reducing the extent of suitable habitat, and the species occurs at only a small number of Locations, thus qualifying it for Endangered.

Population size: 1000-2499 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 300 km²

Country endemic: yes

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