White-collared Kite (Leptodon forbesi) - BirdLife species factsheet

White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi

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Taxonomy

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	C2a(ii)	C2a(i,ii); D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Endangered	C2a(ii)
2017	Endangered	C2a(ii)
2016	Critically Endangered	C2a(i)
2015	Critically Endangered	C2a(i)
2013	Critically Endangered	C2a(i)
2012	Critically Endangered	C2a(i)
2011	Critically Endangered	C2a(i)
2010	Critically Endangered	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,v); C2a(i)
2009	Critically Endangered	B1a+b(i,ii,iii,v); C2a(i)
2008	Critically Endangered
2004	Critically Endangered
2000	Critically Endangered
1994	Not Evaluated
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	577 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	90,100 km²	good
Number of locations	7	-
Severely fragmented?	yes	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	250-999 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2014
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	2001-2011
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	7.6 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	95-100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The National Red List of Brazil (MMA 2014) estimated that the population numbers no more than 2,500 mature individuals. The population is therefore precautionarily placed in the band of 250-999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction. It was estimated that the proportion of forest lost from within this species's range from 2000-2012 was equivalent to 5.5% over three generation lengths (Tracewski et al. 2016).

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Engenho Coimbra (Usina Serra Grande)
Brazil	Guadalupe
Brazil	Igarassu
Brazil	Mamanguape
Brazil	Mata do Pau-Ferro
Brazil	Murici
Brazil	Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada
Brazil	São José da Laje / Canhotinho
Brazil	Serra do Mascarenhas/Mata do Estado
Brazil	Serra do Urubu

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Agriculture & aquaculture

Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Whole (>90%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Medium Impact: 7

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Biological resource use

Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]