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Pteroglossus bailloni
– Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PICIFORMES
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Family:
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RAMPHASTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Pteroglossus bailloni
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Species Authority:
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(Vieillot, 1819)
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Synonym/s:
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Baillonius bailloni (Vieillot, 1819)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | SAFFRON TOUCANET |
| French | — | TOUCAN DE BAILLON |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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NT ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Stattersfield, A., Wege, D., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria A2cd+3cd.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Near-threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Baillonius bailloni occurs in lowland and montane Atlantic forests of south-east Brazil, east Paraguay and north-east Argentina. In Brazil, it is most common in montane regions (up to 1,550 m) of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul, but also occurs in Pernambuco, and has been re-introduced into ex-Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro6,7. It is apparently less common in Argentina2 and Paraguay, where it is probably most numerous in south-east Paraguay5. A recent survey of 24 forest fragments in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul, only found the species in the largest fragment (Paranapiacaba, 1,400 km2). Surveys showed that the encounter rate at this site had declined by 47.5% between 1987-1991 and 19988. If such declines are mirrored in the northern part of its range, and in eastern Paraguay and north-east Argentina, then its status would have to be re-evaluated. It is less conspicuous than other toucans in the same region, and may be more easily overlooked. There is an illegal cage-bird trade, hunting and significant habitat loss1,3. Montane forests have suffered less destruction than adjacent lowland forest in Brazil, but isolated forests in the north of its range have been reduced by the expansion of pasture and cultivation, and fires spreading from cultivated areas.
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Countries:
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Native:
Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
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Habitat and Ecology
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