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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii,v);C2a(i);D2
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii,v);C2a(i);D2
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(iii,v); C2a(i); D2
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	shelf island	Average mass	401 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	23,400 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	5.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size of this species has not been quantified. Although it is described as uncommon (Pratt and Beehler 2015), the species has naturally low detectability and there is more than 2,500 km² of suitable habitat in its range. With much of this habitat inaccessible and no evidence or plausible reason for it not to be occurring at carrying capacity, the population is suspected to number in the thousands, if not tens of thousands.

Trend justification: There are no data available on population trends. Most observations of this species are made in the accessible environs of Lake Habbema, where there is no evidence it is becoming more difficult to see (J. Bergmark pers. comm. 2022). In the absence of other threats thought capable of causing population declines, the population is therefore suspected to be stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	3200 - 4200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		No decline		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Snow Mountain Quail Anurophasis monorthonyx. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/snow-mountain-quail-anurophasis-monorthonyx on 14/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 14/01/2025.