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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
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2006	Least Concern
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	8,700,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	6.43 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'generally common, and locally abundant; rare in some places' (Cabot et al. 2020).

Surveys within an area with high hunting pressure in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) estimated a density of 0.025 individuals per km², and found that the species was absent from many survey locations (Pinheiro and Lopez 1999).

Trend justification: The species has been extirpated from some areas, such as Guaiba and Barra de Ribeiro in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, as a result of hunting (Pinheiro and Lopez 1999, Cabot et al. 2020). The species faces intense hunting pressure in many parts of its range, especially where it occurs in proximity to human habitation. It is thought to be declining in Brazil as a result of hunting and possibly also due to insecticide poisoning (Sick 1993, Cabot et al. 2020). It is also negatively affected by the burning of pampas grassland. It has declined in the pampas of Argentina due to hunting and agriculture (Cabot et al. 2020). However, clearing of tropical forests, and the resultant grassland habitats allow the species to move into new areas (Sick 1993).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Uruguay	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-winged-tinamou-rhynchotus-rufescens on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.