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Justification of Red List category
This species is very poorly known with few recent records. Its status, distribution, natural history and threats are largely unknown. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient.

Population justification
Subspecies ripleyi is known from two specimens taken in central Panama and north-west Colombia, and one site in east Panama (Hilty and Brown 1986, Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Taylor and van Perlo 1998). The nominate subspecies was recorded from at least two sites (Same and Playa del Oro) in Esmeraldas, Ecuador in the 1990s, where it was considered 'not uncommon' (Tobias et al. 2006), but now known from only a few scattered records in Ecuador (Athanas and Greenfield 2016). There are no recent records from Colombia, though there is ample suitable habitat on the Pacific slope in Colombia and the lack of recent records may be due to it being overlooked (Tobias et al. 2006, Renjifo et al. 2016).

Trend justification
The overall population trend is not known (Wetlands International 2022).

The species occurs from Panama through northern and western Colombia south to north-western Ecuador.

It occurs in marshes, swamps, wet savannas, wet grass, pastures and overgrown forest edge up to 2,100 m, and is not restricted to areas with water (Hilty and Brown 1986, Taylor and van Perlo 1998).

Threats to this species are unknown. It is unclear whether it is at risk in the lowlands of western Ecuador, while there is ample suitable habitat on the Pacific slope in Colombia (Tobias et al. 2006, Renjifo et al. 2016).

Conservation Actions Underway
None is known. It is considered Data Deficient at the national level in Colombia (Renjifo et al. 2016) and Least Concern in Ecuador (Freile et al. 2019).

Conservation Actions Proposed
Clarify the taxonomic status of the two subspecies. Confirm its song and use recordings to facilitate surveys in suitable habitats across the likely range (Tobias et al. 2006, Taylor and Sharpe 2020). Study its ecological requirements. Investigate threats.

Text account compilers
Hermes, C.

Contributors
Benstead, P., Capper, D., Sharpe, C.J. & Symes, A.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Colombian Crake Neocrex colombiana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/colombian-crake-neocrex-colombiana on 20/12/2024.
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 20/12/2024.