| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AVES | Gruiformes | Rallidae |
| Scientific Name: | Fulica cornuta | |||
| Species Authority: | Bonaparte, 1853 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Near Threatened ver 3.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Assessor/s | BirdLife International | |||||||||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Butchart, S. & Symes, A. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) | |||||||||||||||
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Justification: This species has a moderately small global population which may be declining owing to habitat degradation and hunting. It is consequently classifed as Near Threatened. |
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| Range Description: |
Fulica cornuta is known from a few high altitude Andean lakes, with dense submerged aquatic plants, in south-west Bolivia (Oruro in 1903, Potosí), north Chile (Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama), and north-west Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca in 1918, Tucumán, San Juan)3, primarily at 3,000-5,200 m, but as low as 2,000 m in harsh weather. Large concentrations have been recorded only occasionally, most notably 8,988 in the Vilama and Pululos area of Argentina in October 19956, and 2,800 birds on Laguna Pelada, Bolivia, in November 19891. It normally occurs at low densities, with 1-10 nesting pairs at most sites, and up to 70-90 at a few5,6. The Chilean population is estimated at 620 birds2, and Bolivia seems to hold a healthy population4. The global population is likely to be in the range of 10,000-19,999 individuals. There is no definite evidence of a recent decline5, but local populations are believed to fluctuate greatly between periods of drought and inundation. Its fresh and brackish lakes are susceptible to contamination and vegetation trampling by cattle, and water is pumped from some to coastal towns and mines. It also suffers from hunting, egg-harvesting, and some predation by Andean Gull Larus serranus.
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Native:
Argentina; Bolivia; Chile
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: |
8,988 were counted in Argentina in 1995 (Anon.1996), 2,800 in Bolivia in 1982 (Cabot and Serrano 1982) and 620 are estimated in Chile (Glade (1988). The total is probabaly in the range of 10,000-19,999 individuals, and probably fluctuates greatly.
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| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Citation: | BirdLife International 2008. Fulica cornuta. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 September 2010. |
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