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Turdus rufopalliatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES PASSERIFORMES TURDIDAE

Scientific Name: Turdus rufopalliatus
Species Authority: Lafresnaye, 1840
Common Name/s:
English – Rufous-backed Robin
Taxonomic Notes: Turdus rufopalliatus and T. graysoni (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into T. rufopalliatus following AOU (1998).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2012
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Reviewer/s: Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2009 – Least Concern
2008 – Least Concern
2006 – Least Concern
2004 – Not Recognized
2000 – Not Recognized
1994 – Not Recognized
1988 – Not Recognized

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species breeds in Mexico, although it is sometimes found in the extreme south of the USA outside the June-August breeding season. Subspecies graysoni, sometimes considered a separate species, is range-restricted, found only in the north-west Mexico Pacific Slope EBA.
Countries:
Native:
Mexico; United States
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Population [top]

Population: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common throughout its range (del Hoyo et al. 2005).
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species inhabits arid to semi-humid deciduous and semi-deciduous forest, thorn-forest, inland riparian woodland and edge, plantations and gardens, where it tends to forage on the ground for fruit (Collar 2005). It typically occurs from sea level to 1500 m, although a feral population exists in Mexico City at 2200-2500 m.
Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Turdus rufopalliatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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