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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years of three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
The global population is estimated to number 5-50 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification
The population is thought to be stable (Partners in Flight 2019).

The species occurs from central Costa Rica throughout South America, east of the Andes, into northern Argentina (Marcondes and Silveira 2015).

The species occurs in a wide variety of wet forests and marshes, scrub and agricultural areas, but may also occur far from water. It is tolerant of habitat modification (Taylor 2019).

The species is able to adapt to habitat modification, but thought likely to have been negatively impacted by habitat conversion (Taylor 2019).

Text account compilers
Elliott, N., Hermes, C.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-cowled Wood-rail Aramides cajaneus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-cowled-wood-rail-aramides-cajaneus 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.