7 thoughts on “Snethlage’s Antpitta (Hylopezus paraensis)”
This species seems to be rarer and/or more sensitive to forest loss and fragmentation than H. whittakeri. During our 2010-2011 field campaign in the muncipality of Paragominas we only recorded this species twice in a sample of 97 primary forest sites – one logged and burned site and one undisturbed site (Moura et al. 2012) and no records from 25 variably-aged secondary forest sites. We did not record the species at all in our inventory of Moju/Tailanda (Lees et al. 2015) and never from any sites in the whole Belem Area of endemism in 5 years of exploring there outside the main contiguous forest blocks around the municipality of Paragominas – see representative records on eBird. The species formerly occurred around Belem but is now extinct there (Moura et al. 2014) despite extensive searching.
Lees, A.C., Moura, N.G., De Almeida, A.S. and Vieira, I.C., 2015. Poor prospects for avian biodiversity in Amazonian oil palm. PloS one, 10(5), p.e0122432.
Moura, N.G., Lees, A.C., Andretti, C.B., Davis, B.J., Solar, R.R., Aleixo, A., Barlow, J., Ferreira, J. and Gardner, T.A., 2013. Avian biodiversity in multiple-use landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon. Biological Conservation, 167, pp.339-348.
Moura, N.G., Lees, A.C., Aleixo, A., Barlow, J., Dantas, S.M., Ferreira, J., Lima, M.D.F.C. and Gardner, T.A., 2014. Two hundred years of local avian extinctions in Eastern Amazonia. Conservation biology, 28(5), pp.1271-1281.
As estimativas de perda de habitat, calculadas de acordo com o método proposto por Butti et al. (2022), que utiliza ferramentas de sensoriamento remoto disponíveis no Google Earth Engine (https://earthengine.google.com/
) e na base do MapBiomas (coleção 10) (https://mapbiomas.org/
), indicam que, entre 2011 e 2024 (equivalente a três gerações), ocorreu uma perda aproximada de 15% do habitat nas áreas classificadas como “Formação Florestal” dentro do polígono de distribuição da espécie.
Adicionalmente, uma análise exploratória preliminar das cicatrizes de fogo a partir do MapBiomas (https://plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org/) demonstra que, nos últimos cinco anos, no mínimo cerca de 30% da área de distribuição da espécie sofreu perda de qualidade do habitat em decorrência de incêndios florestais.
Ao longo de oito anos de monitoramento da avifauna (2017–2025) na Reserva Biológica do Gurupi, Maranhão, a espécie foi registrada apenas 35 vezes (Marcos Fialho, com. pess., 2026).
Considerando a especificidade ecológica da espécie, sua forte dependência de florestas bem conservadas e sua elevada sensibilidade a alterações no habitat (Grantham et al. 2020; Aleixo et al. 2021), é razoável assumir que a perda de habitat — especialmente quando considerados os impactos adicionais da degradação associada aos incêndios florestais, que não são plenamente captados por métricas baseadas exclusivamente em sensoriamento remoto da cobertura vegetal — afete a espécie de forma desproporcional.
Dessa forma, é plausível suspeitar uma redução populacional de, no mínimo, 30% ao longo das últimas três gerações do táxon (13 anos), atendendo ao limiar quantitativo do critério A2, uma vez que as causas do declínio — especialmente a perda e a degradação do habitat — não cessaram e continuam atuando no presente.
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 2 February 2026. 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 2 February 2026, when discussions will re-open.
We thank all contributors for their comments. All relevant information will be incorporated into the updated Red List assessment for this species. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2026 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 8 February 2026, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2026 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
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 16 February 2026.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Snethlage’s Antpitta is recommended to be listed as Vulnerable under Criteria A2c+4c.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2026.1 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
This species seems to be rarer and/or more sensitive to forest loss and fragmentation than H. whittakeri. During our 2010-2011 field campaign in the muncipality of Paragominas we only recorded this species twice in a sample of 97 primary forest sites – one logged and burned site and one undisturbed site (Moura et al. 2012) and no records from 25 variably-aged secondary forest sites. We did not record the species at all in our inventory of Moju/Tailanda (Lees et al. 2015) and never from any sites in the whole Belem Area of endemism in 5 years of exploring there outside the main contiguous forest blocks around the municipality of Paragominas – see representative records on eBird. The species formerly occurred around Belem but is now extinct there (Moura et al. 2014) despite extensive searching.
Lees, A.C., Moura, N.G., De Almeida, A.S. and Vieira, I.C., 2015. Poor prospects for avian biodiversity in Amazonian oil palm. PloS one, 10(5), p.e0122432.
Moura, N.G., Lees, A.C., Andretti, C.B., Davis, B.J., Solar, R.R., Aleixo, A., Barlow, J., Ferreira, J. and Gardner, T.A., 2013. Avian biodiversity in multiple-use landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon. Biological Conservation, 167, pp.339-348.
Moura, N.G., Lees, A.C., Aleixo, A., Barlow, J., Dantas, S.M., Ferreira, J., Lima, M.D.F.C. and Gardner, T.A., 2014. Two hundred years of local avian extinctions in Eastern Amazonia. Conservation biology, 28(5), pp.1271-1281.
Concordo com a categorização sugerida.
As estimativas de perda de habitat, calculadas de acordo com o método proposto por Butti et al. (2022), que utiliza ferramentas de sensoriamento remoto disponíveis no Google Earth Engine (https://earthengine.google.com/
) e na base do MapBiomas (coleção 10) (https://mapbiomas.org/
), indicam que, entre 2011 e 2024 (equivalente a três gerações), ocorreu uma perda aproximada de 15% do habitat nas áreas classificadas como “Formação Florestal” dentro do polígono de distribuição da espécie.
Adicionalmente, uma análise exploratória preliminar das cicatrizes de fogo a partir do MapBiomas (https://plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org/) demonstra que, nos últimos cinco anos, no mínimo cerca de 30% da área de distribuição da espécie sofreu perda de qualidade do habitat em decorrência de incêndios florestais.
Ao longo de oito anos de monitoramento da avifauna (2017–2025) na Reserva Biológica do Gurupi, Maranhão, a espécie foi registrada apenas 35 vezes (Marcos Fialho, com. pess., 2026).
Considerando a especificidade ecológica da espécie, sua forte dependência de florestas bem conservadas e sua elevada sensibilidade a alterações no habitat (Grantham et al. 2020; Aleixo et al. 2021), é razoável assumir que a perda de habitat — especialmente quando considerados os impactos adicionais da degradação associada aos incêndios florestais, que não são plenamente captados por métricas baseadas exclusivamente em sensoriamento remoto da cobertura vegetal — afete a espécie de forma desproporcional.
Dessa forma, é plausível suspeitar uma redução populacional de, no mínimo, 30% ao longo das últimas três gerações do táxon (13 anos), atendendo ao limiar quantitativo do critério A2, uma vez que as causas do declínio — especialmente a perda e a degradação do habitat — não cessaram e continuam atuando no presente.
Listing as VU would align with the National Red List for this Brazilian endemic, see SALVE species file: https://doi.org/10.37002/salve.ficha.22260
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 2 February 2026. 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 2 February 2026, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
We thank all contributors for their comments. All relevant information will be incorporated into the updated Red List assessment for this species. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2026 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 8 February 2026, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2026 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
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 16 February 2026.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Snethlage’s Antpitta is recommended to be listed as Vulnerable under Criteria A2c+4c.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2026.1 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.