Family: Odontophoridae (New World quails)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because it has suffered moderately rapid declines in recent decades, mainly caused by habitat conversion and intensification of agriculture.

Population size: 5800000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 10,100,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Land-mass type - continent
IUCN System - Terrestrial