Mountain Grackle

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Mountain Grackle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae Genus: Macroagelaius Species: M. subalaris
Binomial name
Macroagelaius subalaris (Boissonneau, 1840)

The Mountain Grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is endemic to Colombia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 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] Footnotes

1. ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Macroagelaius subalaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. 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.