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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
2019	Near Threatened	A2bc; B1b(ii,iii,iv,v)+2b(ii,iii,iv,v)
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)
2015	Near Threatened	B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	27,800 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	500 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2017
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	6-23%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Partners in Flight estimated the population to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (A. Panjabi in litt. 2017), thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.

Trend justification: Habitat loss through logging is known to occur within the species's range (König and Weick 2008); a remote sensing study found that forest was lost at a rate of 2% over three generations (11.4 years) between 2000 and 2012 within the species's range (Tracewski et al. 2016). Partners in Flight report a small or non-significant population decline since the 1970s (A. Panjabi in litt. 2017). Pronatura (2012) estimates that the population has declined by 15-49% in 30 years, which equates to a decline of 6-23% over three generations. Further research is needed to confirm the magnitude of the declines.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Mexico	Tlanchinol y Bosques de Montaña del Noreste de Hidalgo

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	900 - 2100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl Glaucidium sanchezi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tamaulipas-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-sanchezi on 24/12/2024.
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 24/12/2024.