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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and 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
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	13 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	459,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.56 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	10-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but density descriptions range from uncommon to locally fairly common (Stotz et al. 1996, Freile and Restall 2018, Schulenberg and Johnson 2020, Hilty 2021).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been investigated, but the only threat known to the species is the loss its forest habitat (Schulenberg and Johnson 2020). Currently, the rate of tree cover loss is negligible within the range (1% over ten years; Global Forest Watch 2023, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Due to the species' tolerance of secondary and edge habitat (Schulenberg and Johnson 2020) the low rate of tree cover loss may not be affecting the population. Nevertheless, a projection of habitat loss to deforestation in Colombia found that until 2040 habitat loss may increase to a rate equivalent to 15% over ten years (Negret et al. 2021). It is therefore possible that the species will be undergoing local declines in the future. Currently however, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Alto Quindío
Colombia	Bosques de la Falla del Tequendama
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Munchique Natural National Park and southern extension
Colombia	Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco
Colombia	Reserva Natural Tambito
Colombia	Serranía de los Churumbelos
Ecuador	Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Tamá

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1500 - 3170 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-breasted-flycatcher-leptopogon-rufipectus on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.