Lesser Nothura (Nothura minor) - BirdLife species factsheet

Lesser Nothura Nothura minor

Current view: summary

Family: Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Authority: (Spix, 1825)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
Rapid and extensive conversion of cerrado grasslands is presumably causing a rapid population reduction in this small tinamou. The population is now likely to be small and fragmented over a large range, and the species therefore qualifies as Vulnerable.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 874,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Nothura minor. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lesser-nothura-nothura-minor on 05/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 05/12/2023.