Colombian Mountain Grackle
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| Colombian Mountain Grackle | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Macroagelaius |
| Species: | M. subalaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroagelaius subalaris (Boissonneau, 1840) |
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The Colombian Mountain Grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris), also known as the Mountain Grackle, is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.
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[edit] Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
[edit] Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss and declining in numbers. It was uplisted from Near Threatened to Critically Endangered status in 2000, due to fears of a collapse of the presumably tiny population. As the species, while still severely declining, has turned out to be more widespread than believed, it is downlisted to Endangered in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Macroagelaius subalaris. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 26 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Mountain Grackle - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
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