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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
2019	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2018	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2016	Vulnerable	B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)
2012	Vulnerable	B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)
2008	Vulnerable	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,v)
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	41,600 km2	medium
Number of locations	11-100	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1800-6500 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	2003-2020
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	5.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification:

Based on the recorded population densities (1-2.25 individuals/km² [Bloch et al. 1991] and 17.1, 2.3 and 6.7 individuals/km² [Jacobs and Walker 1999]) and the area of mapped range (16,570 km²), and assuming that between 10.3% and 11.3% of the range is occupied, the population is estimated to fall within the band 2,770-9,650 individuals, roughly equating to 1,850–6,430 mature individuals, rounded here to 1,800–6,500 mature individuals.

Trend justification: An analysis of deforestation from 2000-2012 found that forest within the species's range was lost at a rate equivalent to 1.9% across three generations (Tracewski et al. 2016). Hunting may also be contributing to declines. Overall, the species is assumed to decline at < 10% over three generations.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Ecuador	Acanamá-Guashapamba-Aguirre
Ecuador	Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Ecuador	Reserva Comunal Bosque de Angashcola
Ecuador	Selva Alegre
Ecuador	Tapichalaca Reserve (Reserva Tapichalaca IBA)
Peru	Alto Valle del Saña
Peru	Bosque de Cuyas
Peru	Chiñama
Peru	Huamba
Peru	Laquipampa
Peru	Santuario Nacional Tabaconas-Namballe

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1500 - 3200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1200 m

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 degradation, 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 degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Transportation & service corridors	Roads & railroads	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bearded Guan Penelope barbata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bearded-guan-penelope-barbata 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.