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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: https://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
2023	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)	573,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	45000 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2010-2031
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Generation length	6.83 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	3-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Subspecies argyrotis has a population of less than 50,000 individuals (Hilty and Brown 1986, Strahl et al. 1994, Strahl and Silva 1997). Subspecies albicauda and colombiana each number less than 10,000 individuals (Strahl et al. 1994). The global population consequently numbers up to 70,000 individuals (Strahl et al. 1994). This roughly equates to 45,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction in parts of its range and the impact of hunting.
Tree cover within the range is lost at a rate of up to 5% over three generations (20.5 years; Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Given that the species is moreover subject to hunting, population declines may be steeper than the rate of tree cover loss suggests; tentatively, population declines are here placed in the band 1-19% over three generations.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Cañón del Río Guatiquía
Colombia	Cuchilla de San Lorenzo
Colombia	Valle del Río Frío
Venezuela	Dinira National Park and surrounding areas (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca Parque Nacional Dinira IBA)
Venezuela	Henri Pittier National Park (Parque Nacional Henri Pittier IBA)
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi
Venezuela	Palmichal
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Ávila and surrounding areas
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Guácharo
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Tamá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Guaramacal
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Guatopo
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Macarao
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Perijá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Yacambú
Venezuela	Peninsula de Paria National Park (Parque Nacional Península de Paria IBA)
Venezuela	Zona Protectora Macizo Montañoso del Turimiquire
Venezuela	Zona Protectora San Rafael de Guasare

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	300 - 3050 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/band-tailed-guan-penelope-argyrotis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.