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Sporophila crassirostris 

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Thraupidae

Scientific Name: Sporophila crassirostris
Species Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)
Common Name(s):
English – Large-billed Seed-finch, Large-billed Seed Finch, Large-billed Seed-Finch
Synonym(s):
Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Source(s): del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2016
Date Assessed: 2016-10-01
Assessor(s): BirdLife International
Reviewer(s): Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor(s): Acevedo , O., Bayly, N., Sharpe, C J, De Luca, A. & Clay, R.P.
Facilitator/Compiler(s): Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Fisher, S., Harding, M., Sharpe, C J
Justification:
This species has an extremely 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). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to 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.
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:This species occurs in north and east Colombia (in humid Caribbean lowlands west to Córdoba and locally east of the Andes), where it may be expanding its range following deforestation (Stiles et al. 1999), Venezuela (not recorded from the north-west or from most of the llanos region), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Amazonian Brazil (south only to the Amazon), and north-east Peru (Loreto to Huánuco); it may persist in small numbers on Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ffrench 1992, Ridgely and Tudor 1989).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Additional data:
♦ Continuing decline in area of occupancy (AOO):Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in area of occupancy (AOO):No♦ Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) - km2:5430000
♦ Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO):Unknown♦ Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO):No
♦ Continuing decline in number of locations:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations:No
♦ Upper elevation limit (metres):700
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Population [top]

Population:The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon and patchily distributed' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend Justification:  This species is suspected to lose 11.3-11.5% of suitable habitat within its distribution over three generations (11 years) based on a model of Amazonian deforestation (Soares-Filho et al. 2006, Bird et al. 2011). It is therefore suspected to decline by <25% over three generations.
Current Population Trend:Decreasing
Additional data:
♦ Number of mature individuals:Unknown♦ Continuing decline of mature individuals:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations:No♦ Population severely fragmented:No
♦ Continuing decline in subpopulations:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in subpopulations:No♦ All individuals in one subpopulation:No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:The species inhabits freshwater marshes, riparian thickets and second-growth scrub, mostly below 500 m but it has been recorded to 700 m (Ridgely and Tudor 1989, Stotz et al. 1996).
Systems:Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:Unknown
Generation Length (years):3.8
Movement patterns:Not a Migrant

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The principal threat is the depletion of local populations by bird trappers (Ridgely and Tudor 1989, R. Clay in litt. 2010, C. J. Sharpe in litt. 2011), although this is not considered a threat in Colombia (F. G. Stiles in litt. 1999).
Citation: BirdLife International. 2016. Sporophila crassirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22723527A94822484. . Downloaded on 21 July 2017.
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