Family: Pellorneidae (Ground babblers)

Authority: (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)

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Justification of Red List category
Napothera pasquieri is one of South-East Asia's most poorly known, and perhaps most threatened, endemic passerines. It is confined to the Hoang Lien Mountains in West Tonkin, northern Viet Nam, where it is known from only a handful of sites. This species is believed to be declining, perhaps rapidly, in response to the proliferation of cardamom plantations in this part of Viet Nam since the 2000s. In particular, the planting of cardamom involves the removal of the dense understorey on which this species depends. Given how few sites this species' sensitivity to habitat degradation and its very limited native range, it is believed to be at high risk of extinction. It is accordingly listed as Endangered.

Population size: 500-5000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial