Justification
Based on a model of deforestation in the Amazon basin, and the species's susceptibility to habitat fragmentation, it is suspected that its population is declining by 30-49% over three generations, and it is therefore classified as Vulnerable.
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
Taxonomic note
Neomorphus geoffroyi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously split as N. geoffroyi and N. squamiger following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).
References
Bird, J. P.; Buchanan, J. M.; Lees, A. C.; Clay, R. P.; Develey, P. F.; Yépez, I.; Butchart, S. H. M. 2011. Integrating spatially explicit habitat projections into extinction risk assessments: a reassessment of Amazonian avifauna incorporating projected deforestation. Diversity and Distributions: doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00843.x.
Cleary, D. 1991. The Brazilian rainforest: politics, finance, mining and the environment. Economist Intelligence Unit, London.
IUCN. 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 November 2015).
Parker, T. A.; Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases. In: Stotz, D.F.; Fitzpatrick, J.W.; Parker, T.A.; Moskovits, D.K. (ed.), Neotropical bird ecology and conservation, pp. 113-436. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Payne, R. B. 1997. Cuculidae (Cuckoos). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 508-607. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Sick, H. 1993. Birds in Brazil: a natural history. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Soares-Filho, B.S.; Nepstad, D.C.; Curran, L.M.; Cerqueira, G.C.; Garcia, R. A.; Ramos, C. A.; Voll, E.; McDonald, A.; Lefebvre, P.; Schlesinger, P. 2006. Modelling conservation in the Amazon basin. Nature 440(7083): 520-523.
Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A.; Moskovits, D. K. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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Text account compilers
Sharpe, C J, Capper, D., Symes, A., Benstead, P., Taylor, J. & Ashpole, J
Contributors
Cohn-Haft, M. & Lees, A.
IUCN Red List evaluators
Butchart, S.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2016) Species factsheet: Neomorphus geoffroyi. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/03/2016.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2016) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/03/2016.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
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Key facts | |
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Current IUCN Red List category | Vulnerable |
Family | Cuculidae (Cuckoos) |
Species name author | (Temminck, 1820) |
Population size | U mature individuals |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Distribution size (breeding/resident) | 2,920,000 km2 |
Country endemic? | No |
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