As ROC (Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile) we state the following regarding this proposal:
In Chile, the South-American Painted-Snipe’ distribution, number of known localities and abundance have declined in the past decades. Historically it was described as a regular species from Coquimbo region to Los Rios region (Hellmayr 1932, Araya & Millie 1986, Martínez & González 2017), with a core of the population observed in Lampa and Batuco wetlands (northern Santiago), where counts of over a dozen individuals and breeding events were regularly reported in eBird until mid 2010’s. However, in the last 14 years (3 generations period) the situation has changed significantly. The change in land use, real estate pressure, domestic livestock and the lack of water due to the channeling of water bodies and climate change, have reduced and largely eliminated the suitable environment for the species in the north of Santiago and presumably throughout its distribution in Chile (Medrano et al. 2018, Gutiérrez & González 2022). The species has been recorded in less than 13 locations since 2010, with the vast majority of records being of only a few individuals observed on a single occasion (eBird 2024). Although the species has cryptic habits and is difficult to detect, there has been an increasing sampling effort from birdwatchers in the country in recent years, which has not resulted in an increase in the number of records of this species. Specifically, in the last 5 years, the species has been recorded in only 6 locations, many of which are seriously threatened. It was classified as Endangered in Chilean legislation in 2018 (MMA 2018).
References:
ARAYA, B.; G. MILLlE y M. BERNAL. 1986. Guía de campo de las aves de Chile. Ed. Universitaria.Santiago.
eBird. 2024. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org.
Gutiérrez, P and González N. 2022. South-American Painted-Snipe (Nycticryphes semicollaris), versión 2.0. Ithaca, NY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/soapas1/cur/introduction
Hellmayr, C. E. 1932. Birds of Chile. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Series 19: 1–472.
Martínez, D; G. González. 2017. Aves de Chile: guía de campo y breve historia natural. Ediciones del Naturalista. Santiago, Chile. 539 pp
Medrano, F., M. Garrido, and E. Quintanilla (2018). Becacina Pintada. In Atlas de las aves nidificantes de Chile (F. Medrano, R. Barros, H. V. Norambuena, R. Matus, and F. Schmitt, Editors). Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pp. 222–223.
Pantoja, V. (2018) Becacina Pintada (Nycticryphes semicollaris) – Ficha de Reglamento de Clasificación de Especies (RCE 15). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
Considered Data Deficient in Paraguay. The species is uncommon but widespread in wetlands of the Humid Chaco, including the westernmost part of Eastern Paraguay. It is probably significantly under-recorded. Most records are of birds outside of the presumed breeding season, in wetlands adjacent to the Paraguay River, sometimes in small loose flocks. These may represent birds undertaking local movements in response to changing water levels.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 3 May 2024. We will now analyse and interpret all information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 3 May 2024, when discussions will re-open.
We thank all contributors for their comments, which have now been incorporated into the draft assessment in SIS for the submission to IUCN. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 13 May 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Natural wetland habitat used by this species in coastal Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, remains stable.
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As ROC (Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile) we state the following regarding this proposal:
In Chile, the South-American Painted-Snipe’ distribution, number of known localities and abundance have declined in the past decades. Historically it was described as a regular species from Coquimbo region to Los Rios region (Hellmayr 1932, Araya & Millie 1986, Martínez & González 2017), with a core of the population observed in Lampa and Batuco wetlands (northern Santiago), where counts of over a dozen individuals and breeding events were regularly reported in eBird until mid 2010’s. However, in the last 14 years (3 generations period) the situation has changed significantly. The change in land use, real estate pressure, domestic livestock and the lack of water due to the channeling of water bodies and climate change, have reduced and largely eliminated the suitable environment for the species in the north of Santiago and presumably throughout its distribution in Chile (Medrano et al. 2018, Gutiérrez & González 2022). The species has been recorded in less than 13 locations since 2010, with the vast majority of records being of only a few individuals observed on a single occasion (eBird 2024). Although the species has cryptic habits and is difficult to detect, there has been an increasing sampling effort from birdwatchers in the country in recent years, which has not resulted in an increase in the number of records of this species. Specifically, in the last 5 years, the species has been recorded in only 6 locations, many of which are seriously threatened. It was classified as Endangered in Chilean legislation in 2018 (MMA 2018).
References:
ARAYA, B.; G. MILLlE y M. BERNAL. 1986. Guía de campo de las aves de Chile. Ed. Universitaria.Santiago.
eBird. 2024. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org.
Gutiérrez, P and González N. 2022. South-American Painted-Snipe (Nycticryphes semicollaris), versión 2.0. Ithaca, NY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/soapas1/cur/introduction
Hellmayr, C. E. 1932. Birds of Chile. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Series 19: 1–472.
Martínez, D; G. González. 2017. Aves de Chile: guía de campo y breve historia natural. Ediciones del Naturalista. Santiago, Chile. 539 pp
Medrano, F., M. Garrido, and E. Quintanilla (2018). Becacina Pintada. In Atlas de las aves nidificantes de Chile (F. Medrano, R. Barros, H. V. Norambuena, R. Matus, and F. Schmitt, Editors). Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pp. 222–223.
Pantoja, V. (2018) Becacina Pintada (Nycticryphes semicollaris) – Ficha de Reglamento de Clasificación de Especies (RCE 15). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
Considered Data Deficient in Paraguay. The species is uncommon but widespread in wetlands of the Humid Chaco, including the westernmost part of Eastern Paraguay. It is probably significantly under-recorded. Most records are of birds outside of the presumed breeding season, in wetlands adjacent to the Paraguay River, sometimes in small loose flocks. These may represent birds undertaking local movements in response to changing water levels.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 3 May 2024. We will now analyse and interpret all information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 3 May 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
We thank all contributors for their comments, which have now been incorporated into the draft assessment in SIS for the submission to IUCN. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 13 May 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.