| 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern Justification This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. Family/Sub-family Picidae Species name author (Wagler, 1829) Taxonomic source(s) Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) Synonyms Dendropicos obsoletus Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993), Picoides obsoletus Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) Taxonomic note This species is placed in the genus Dendropicos by Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) and Picoides by Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), but is here placed in the genus Dendrocopos (as it has been in the past) to resolve this discrepancy.
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