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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
2023	Near Threatened	B1ab(ii,iii)
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
2015	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,iv)
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	340 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,200 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	6,044 km2
Number of locations	11-100	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2017-2031
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.75 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been quantified, but the species is thought to be common in protected areas (Carroll et al. 2020).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been investigated, but the species is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and unsustainable levels of hunting. Over three generations (14.3 years), 3% of tree cover is lost within the range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). The impact of hunting has not been quantified, but overall population declines are here tentatively placed in the band 1-9% over three generations.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Venezuela	Henri Pittier National Park (Parque Nacional Henri Pittier IBA)
Venezuela	Palmichal
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Ávila and surrounding areas
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Tamá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Guatopo
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Macarao
Venezuela	Parque Nacional San Esteban
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Tirgua (General Manuel Manrique)
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Yurubí

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	450 - 2500 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%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Venezuelan Wood-quail Odontophorus columbianus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/venezuelan-wood-quail-odontophorus-columbianus on 26/11/2024.
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 26/11/2024.