Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Authority: Thayer & Bangs, 1909

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This is a poorly known species that is rarely recorded and is thought to have at least a moderately small population size, which is likely declining as a result of habitat loss. Therefore, it is listed as Near Threatened, and any further information regarding its population size may led to its uplisting in the future.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 437,000 km²

Country endemic: yes