| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AVES | Passeriformes | Thraupidae |
| Scientific Name: | Oreomanes fraseri | |||
| Species Authority: | Sclater, 1860 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Near Threatened ver 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Assessor/s | BirdLife International | ||||||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Butchart, S. & Gilroy, J. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) | ||||||||||||
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Justification: This species is listed as Near Threatened, as it is suspected to be declining moderately rapidly owing to habitat loss and fragmentation throughout its range. Populations should be monitored carefully for any future changes in the rate of decline. |
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| Range Description: | Oreomanes fraseri is rare to locally relatively common within a relatively large range in the high Andes5,9,10 of south-west Colombia (Nariño6, but perhaps extirpated), Ecuador (three sites in Azuay, Pichincha, and on the Pichincha/Napo border2), Peru (Ancash south to Puno and Tacna3) and west Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Potosí1), with recent records from north Chile7 and Salta, Argentina8. It requires Polylepis woodland, which is now highly fragmented9. It occurs at 2,700-4,850 m 3, usually above the timberline, but is not numerous even in apparently optimal habitat9. Its decline is attributed to the destruction and fragmentation of Polylepis woodland as a result of uncontrolled use of fire, firewood collection, intense grazing (particularly by sheep and cattle), unsound agricultural techniques and afforestation with exotic tree species (especially Eucalyptus)4. |
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Native:
Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
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| Range Map: |
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Citation: | BirdLife International 2008. Oreomanes fraseri. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 September 2010. |
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