- Mountain Grackle
Taxobox
name = Mountain Grackle
status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Icteridae
genus = "Macroagelaius "
species = "M. subalaris"
binomial = "Macroagelaius subalaris"
binomial_authority = (Boissonneau, 1840)
synonyms =The Mountain Grackle ("Macroagelaius subalaris") is a species of
bird in theIcteridae family. It is endemic toColombia .Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moistmontane forest s. It is threatened byhabitat 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 2007IUCN Red List . [See BirdLife International (2007a,b).]Footnotes
References
*|year=2004|id=12585|title=Macroagelaius subalaris|downloaded=26 July 2007
* (2007a): [ [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html 2006-2007 Red List status changes] ] . Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
* (2007b): [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=9734&m=0 Mountain Grackle - BirdLife Species Factsheet] . Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
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