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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Near Threatened	A3c+4c
2016	Near Threatened	A3c
2012	Near Threatened	A3c
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,140,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	300000 - 4000000 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2021
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	2016-2026
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-15%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-25%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-25%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.4 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: It is not considered common (del Hoyo et al. 2004). The global population size has not been estimated directly. Based on the first quartile and median recorded population densities of congeners (6.7 and 16 individuals per km²), the estimated area of tree cover with at leats 50% canopy cover within the mapped range in 2020 (c.773,000 km²; Global Forest Watch 2021), and assuming tree cover to be 10-40% occupied, the population size is suspected to fall within the range 500,000 - 5,000,000 indivduals, roughly equating to 300,000 - 4,000,000 mature individuals.

The number of subpopulations is not known. Much of the habitat in the east of the species's range is extremely fragmented, so there are likely to be a large number of isolated subpopulation.

Trend justification: The species appears to have been extirpated from some areas that have been extensively deforested (Henriques and Dantas 2009). Remote sensing data on tree cover loss indicates that approximately 9% of tree cover was lost from within the species's range over the past ten years to 2020 (Global Forest Watch 2021). Based on the rate of forest loss over the period 2016-2020, it is projected that up to 14% of tree cover may be lost from the species's range over the next decade. Research in northeast Brazil has indicated that degradation led to an additional 51% loss of biodiversity (Barlow et al. 2016). Although this species shows a degree of tolerance of habitat degradation and fragmentation (A. Lees in litt 2011), it is precationarily suspected to undergo a population reduction of 5-25% over the next ten years.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Parque Nacional da Amazônia
Brazil	Serra dos Carajás

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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