Family: Odontophoridae (New World quails)

Authority: (Dubois, 1905)

Red List Category

Criteria: B2ab(ii,iii,v)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because its very small, severely fragmented range is undergoing a continuing decline in the area of occupancy and in the extent and quality of habitat, owing to deforestation and forest degradation. However, the species may be discovered at new locations in the future, now that its distinctive calls are known.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 51,300 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial