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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
2020	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v);C2a(i)
2013	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v);C2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v);C2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	138,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	150000-500000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2020
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	2010-2024
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	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Population surveys report densities of 0.13-0.4 groups per ha (Franco et al. 2006, Fierro-Calderón et al. 2009). Assuming that each group consists of at least two mature individuals and further precautionarily assuming that around 10% of the mapped range is occupied (i.e. 10% of 60,500 km²), the total population may number 157,300-484,000 mature individuals, rounded here to 150,000-500,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population trend has not been assessed directly. The species is able to tolerate some habitat clearance, and forest loss over the past three generations (14.4 years) has been low within the range (potentially <5%; Global Forest Watch 2020). The species is further threatened by hunting and dog predation; hence, the rate of population decline may be larger than the rate of forest loss. Despite this, it is unlikely that the overall rate of population decline exceeds 10% over three generations.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Alto Quindío
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Bosques Montanos del Sur de Antioquia
Colombia	Cañón del Río Barbas y Bremen
Colombia	Cuenca del Río Toche
Colombia	Farallones de Cali Natural National Park
Colombia	La Forzosa-Santa Gertrudis
Colombia	Páramos del Sur de Antioquia
Colombia	Páramos y Bosques Altoandinos de Génova
Colombia	Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá
Colombia	Parque Natural Regional Páramo del Duende
Colombia	Reserva Forestal Yotoco
Colombia	Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco
Colombia	Reserva Natural Río Ñambí
Colombia	San Sebastián
Colombia	Serranía de las Minas
Colombia	Serranía de los Churumbelos

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1600 - 2700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		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
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Canis familiaris	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	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: Chestnut Wood-quail Odontophorus hyperythrus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chestnut-wood-quail-odontophorus-hyperythrus on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.