6 thoughts on “Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus furcatus)”
There is a great disconnect in its distribution, with total isolation between the population in the southeast of Bahia and the Serra do Mar. In Bahia it does not occur in more than 10 localities, with low counts (at least in Boa Nova). Always associated with larger fragments. I think at least NT is reasonable.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 25 April 2025. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List category on this page on 25 April 2025, when discussions will re-open.
We thank all contributors for their comments. While this species has a disjunct range, there remains no evidence that it approaches threatened thresholds (see Annex 2 above) and its listing as Near Threatened can therefore no longer be upheld. It should be noted that this category change reflects updated information (i.e., a correction to the previous assessment) rather than a genuine improvement in extinction risk. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2025 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classification outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 4 May 2025, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2025 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2025, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
The national assessment also considers the species LC:
Hemitriccus furcatus is endemic to Brazil and occurs in two disjunct areas: one in southern Bahia and extreme northeastern Minas Gerais, and the other in Rio de Janeiro and eastern São Paulo. It inhabits humid and secondary growth forests, especially among bamboo and in woody tangles. It is uncommon overall, but locally frequent in the Itatiaia National Park, on the northern coast of São Paulo, and the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro. The main threat is habitat loss due to the expansion of agriculture, mining, urbanization, industrialization, and highway construction. However, such threats are not capable of pushing the species to the limits of extinction risk in the near future. Therefore, H. furcatus was categorized as Least Concern (LC).
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and a final decision on this species’ Red List category will be posted on this page on 12 May 2025.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant is recommended to be listed as Least Concern.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2025.2 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2025, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
There is a great disconnect in its distribution, with total isolation between the population in the southeast of Bahia and the Serra do Mar. In Bahia it does not occur in more than 10 localities, with low counts (at least in Boa Nova). Always associated with larger fragments. I think at least NT is reasonable.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 25 April 2025. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List category on this page on 25 April 2025, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
We thank all contributors for their comments. While this species has a disjunct range, there remains no evidence that it approaches threatened thresholds (see Annex 2 above) and its listing as Near Threatened can therefore no longer be upheld. It should be noted that this category change reflects updated information (i.e., a correction to the previous assessment) rather than a genuine improvement in extinction risk. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2025 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classification outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 4 May 2025, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2025 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2025, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
The national assessment also considers the species LC:
Hemitriccus furcatus is endemic to Brazil and occurs in two disjunct areas: one in southern Bahia and extreme northeastern Minas Gerais, and the other in Rio de Janeiro and eastern São Paulo. It inhabits humid and secondary growth forests, especially among bamboo and in woody tangles. It is uncommon overall, but locally frequent in the Itatiaia National Park, on the northern coast of São Paulo, and the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro. The main threat is habitat loss due to the expansion of agriculture, mining, urbanization, industrialization, and highway construction. However, such threats are not capable of pushing the species to the limits of extinction risk in the near future. Therefore, H. furcatus was categorized as Least Concern (LC).
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and a final decision on this species’ Red List category will be posted on this page on 12 May 2025.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant is recommended to be listed as Least Concern.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2025.2 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2025, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.