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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	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2016	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2012	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2008	Near Threatened	A2c,d; A3c,d; A4c,d
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	283 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	99,200 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	2009-2024
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The species is thought to be undergoing a decline owing to hunting and the loss and degradation of its habitat. Tree cover loss within the range has not exceeded 10% over the last three generations (15 years; Tracewski et al. 2016, Global Forest Watch 2020). Nevertheless, despite its tolerance of low levels of habitat conversion, the species also suffers from the degradation of the understory through cattle grazing, and it is susceptible to hunting (Gomes and Kirwan 2020). Therefore, the overall rate of decline is tentatively placed in the band 10-29% 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	Abras de Mantequilla
Ecuador	Alamor-Celica
Ecuador	Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco
Ecuador	Bosque Protector Chongón-Colonche
Ecuador	Bosque Protector Jatumpamba-Jorupe
Ecuador	Bosque Protector Puyango
Ecuador	Cañón del río Catamayo
Ecuador	Cazaderos-Mangaurquillo
Ecuador	Cordillera El Bálsamo
Ecuador	Engunga
Ecuador	Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila
Ecuador	Hacienda Camarones
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Machalilla y alrededores
Ecuador	Reserva Biológica Tito Santos
Ecuador	Reserva Ecológica Arenillas
Ecuador	Reserva Ecológica Comunal Loma Alta
Ecuador	Reserva Natural Tumbesia-La Ceiba-Zapotillo
Ecuador	Tambo Negro
Peru	Bosques Secos de Salitral - Huarmaca - Olmos
Peru	Coto de Caza El Angolo
Peru	Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape
Peru	Suyo-La Tina

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pale-browed-tinamou-crypturellus-transfasciatus 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.