Family: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Authority: Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is considered highly sensitive to changes in its páramo and puna habitat. With native vegetation being increasingly converted to agricultural land and climate change altering precipitation regimes, it is suspected that the species is undergoing moderately rapid declines. It is therefore assessed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 938,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
IUCN System - Terrestrial