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Taxonomic note

Thryophilus pleurostictus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Thryothorus maculipectus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	612,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	50000-499999	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-

Population justification: The total population is suspected to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification:

The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Costa Rica	N	Extant	Yes
El Salvador	N	Extant	Yes
Guatemala	N	Extant	Yes
Honduras	N	Extant	Yes
Mexico	N	Extant	Yes
Nicaragua	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Guatemala	Cuilco
Guatemala	Sierra de las Minas - Motagua
Guatemala	Santiaguito Volcano
Costa Rica	Guanacaste lowlands
Costa Rica	Nicoya Peninsula
El Salvador	Cinquera Forest
El Salvador	El Imposible Forest
El Salvador	Deininger
El Salvador	Lake Olomega
El Salvador	San Diego and La Barra
El Salvador	Jucuarán Hills
El Salvador	Los Cóbanos
El Salvador	The Volcans and San Marcelino
El Salvador	Conchagua Volcano
El Salvador	San Miguel Volcano/El Jocotal Lagoon
El Salvador	Barra de Santiago
Nicaragua	Domitila
Nicaragua	Miraflor
Nicaragua	Quirragua Mountains and adjacent landscape
Nicaragua	Mombacho Volcano
Nicaragua	Chocoyero - El Brujo - Montibelli and adjacent landscape
Nicaragua	Juan Venado Island
Nicaragua	Cosiguina Volcano
Nicaragua	Maderas Volcano
El Salvador	La Unión Bay
Mexico	La Encrucijada
Mexico	La Sepultura
Mexico	Laguna de Chacahua - Pastoría
Mexico	Laguna de Manialtepec
Mexico	Lagunas Costeras de Guerrero
Mexico	Tancítaro
Honduras	La Botija
Honduras	El Jicarito
Honduras	Chismuyo/Coyolito
Mexico	Istmo de Tehuantepec - Mar Muerto
Mexico	Cuenca Baja del Río Papagayo
Mexico	Parque Natural Sierra de Nanchititla

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1750 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Thryophilus pleurostictus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.