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• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic note
Rupornis magnirostris (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Buteo.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	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	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	269 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	23,900,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	5000000-50000000	poor	estimated	2016
Population trend	Increasing		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		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5.6	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 5-50 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a large, significant increase (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Argentina	N	Extant	Yes
Belize	N	Extant	Yes
Bolivia	N	Extant	Yes
Brazil	N	Extant	Yes
Colombia	N	Extant	Yes
Costa Rica	N	Extant	Yes
Ecuador	N	Extant	Yes
El Salvador	N	Extant	Yes
French Guiana	N	Extant	Yes
Guatemala	N	Extant	Yes
Guyana	N	Extant	Yes
Honduras	N	Extant	Yes
Mexico	N	Extant	Yes
Nicaragua	N	Extant	Yes
Panama	N	Extant	Yes
Paraguay	N	Extant	Yes
Peru	N	Extant	Yes
Suriname	N	Extant	Yes
Uruguay	N	Extant	Yes
USA	V	Extant			Yes
Venezuela	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Guyana	Kwara / Aruka River
Guyana	South Central Rupununi
Brazil	São Francisco Xavier / Monte Verde
Brazil	Serra do Urubu
Colombia	El Encanto de Guanapalo

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Other (free text)	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Rupornis magnirostris. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2023.