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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	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/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	38,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	14,744 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	50000-499999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2030
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	4.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is suspected to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020).

Trend justification: The population is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2020), with key threats likely being ongoing habitat destruction and unsustainable levels of hunting (del Hoyo et al. 1994, Carroll and Kirwan 2020). Over the last three generations (14.4 years; Bird et al. 2020), tree cover loss has been low within the range (2%; Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Even accounting for additional impacts of hunting, population declines are unlikely to exceed 10% over three generations.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Costa Rica	Arenal-Monteverde
Costa Rica	Central Volcanic Cordillera
Costa Rica	El Rodeo, Cerros de Escazú and La Carpintera
Costa Rica	La Amistad Caribe
Costa Rica	Los Santos, La Amistad Pacífico
Costa Rica	Talamanca Highlands
Costa Rica	Tilarán Highlands
Panama	Cerro Santiago
Panama	Fortuna Forest Reserve
Panama	General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park
Panama	La Amistad International Park
Panama	Palo Seco Protection Forest
Panama	Santa Clara
Panama	Santa Fé National Park
Panama	Volcán Barú National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	700 - 1850 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-breasted Wood-quail Odontophorus leucolaemus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-breasted-wood-quail-odontophorus-leucolaemus 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.