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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Meiglyptes tukki is confined to the Sundaic lowlands, from south Tenasserim, Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (formerly), Kalimantan (including the north Natuna Islands) and Sumatra (including most offshore islands), Indonesia and Brunei (BirdLife International 2001). It is generally fairly common in suitable habitat throughout this range.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand
Regionally extinct:
Singapore
Additional data:
? Continuing decline in area of occupancy (AOO): Yes
? Extreme fluctuations in area of occupancy (AOO): No ? Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) - km2: 772000
? Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO): Yes ? Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO): No
? Continuing decline in number of locations: Unknown
? Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations: No
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 600
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Population [top]
Population: The population size of this species has not been quantified; it is considered uncommon to common.
Trend Justification: Data on rates of decline are lacking, but on-going habitat loss and degradation are occurring throughout the speciess range, suggesting that continuing population losses are inevitable and are likely to be moderately rapid.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Number of mature individuals: Unknown ? Continuing decline of mature individuals: Yes
? Extreme fluctuations: No ? Population severely fragmented: No
? Continuing decline in subpopulations: Unknown
? Extreme fluctuations in subpopulations: No ? All individuals in one subpopulation: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in primary evergreen and semi-evergreen lowland forests with dense undergrowth and rotting stumps. It is also found in peatswamp forests and tall secondary formations. Most records are from below 600 m, although it does occur up to 1,250 m.
Systems: Terrestrial
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Yes
Generation Length (years): 3.5
Movement patterns: Not a Migrant
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Rates of forest loss in the Sundaic lowlands have been extremely rapid, owing partly to the escalation of illegal logging and land conversion, with deliberate targeting of all remaining stands of valuable timber including those inside protected areas. Forest fires have also had a damaging effect (particularly in 1997-1998). A recent study shows that it is able to persist in logged forest (Lammertink 2004), but it cannot sustain populations in areas where closed-canopy forests have been cleared (M. Crosby in litt. 2005, D. R. Wells in litt. 2005).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Conservation Actions Underway
No targeted conservation actions are known for this species, although it occurs in a number of protected areas.
Conservation Actions Proposed
Conduct repeated surveys across the speciess range to determine the magnitude of declines and rates of range contraction. Campaign for the protection of remaining tracts of lowland forest throughout the speciess range.
Citation: BirdLife International. 2015. Meiglyptes tukki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22681562A85059806. Downloaded on 18 August 2016.
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