In 2011 Birdlife International uplisted this species from Endangered to Critically Endangered, mainly because it has been exirpated from 90% of its former range and the population was estimated at perhaps fewer than 250 individuals in 2008.
Birdlife International uplisted this species from Endangered to Critically Endangered. This was in 2011. It has been exirpated from 90% of its former range. The population was estimated at perhaps fewer than 250 individuals in 2008.