IUCN Species
IUCN Threat Classification Schematic
http://www.iucnredlist.org
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a goal to conserve and protect everything on Earth. The classification at the left shows all of the levels of threat given to species. Severity ranges from Not Evaluated (NE) to Extinct (EX). The IUCN Red List classifies all evaluated species by the IUCN and is available as a database for more information on the threats, habitats, and concern of thousands of species. Below are threatened species of herpetofauna, avifauna, and mammals found in Nicaragua.
http://www.iucnredlist.org
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a goal to conserve and protect everything on Earth. The classification at the left shows all of the levels of threat given to species. Severity ranges from Not Evaluated (NE) to Extinct (EX). The IUCN Red List classifies all evaluated species by the IUCN and is available as a database for more information on the threats, habitats, and concern of thousands of species. Below are threatened species of herpetofauna, avifauna, and mammals found in Nicaragua.
Agkistrodon bilineatus (Cantil)
(photo from http://www.unco.edu/biology/faculty_staff/mackessy/Photo%20Gallery/snakes/Agkistrodon%20bilineatus.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: It is widely feared by the people of the Yucatan, making humans its main threat.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/64296/0
(photo from http://www.unco.edu/biology/faculty_staff/mackessy/Photo%20Gallery/snakes/Agkistrodon%20bilineatus.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: It is widely feared by the people of the Yucatan, making humans its main threat.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/64296/0
Amazona auropalliata (Yellow-naped Amazon)
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Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss and and land degradation brought upon by the expansion of agriculture.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001680/0
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Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss and and land degradation brought upon by the expansion of agriculture.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001680/0
Ara ambiguus (Great Green Macaw)
(photo from http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P8yE3TbYghY/TdCO6LF7oyI/AAAAAAAAAAg/GsyfQUUJUZc/s1600/2605101232_lapa_verde-guacamayo_3.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: With a trend towards agriculture, banana plantations and cattle-ranching have destroyed many habitats. A rapid expansion of the road networks in Nicaragua and other Central American countries have increased the impact of logging, small-scale agriculture, and hunting.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001550/0
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Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: With a trend towards agriculture, banana plantations and cattle-ranching have destroyed many habitats. A rapid expansion of the road networks in Nicaragua and other Central American countries have increased the impact of logging, small-scale agriculture, and hunting.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001550/0
Ateles geoffroyi (Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey)
(photo from http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/dfmfiles/files/c/25020/25020.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss affecting these species at a very high rate.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2279/0
(photo from http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/dfmfiles/files/c/25020/25020.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss affecting these species at a very high rate.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2279/0
Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder's Bat)
(photo from http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/wp-content/blogs.dir/471/files/2012/05/i-5d89dfd88a7d101ba2f47f849bba6ffa-Antrozous-Anne-Marie-2007-Mar-2011-crop.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Unknown
Threats: Habitat loss mainly restricted to intact forests.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1789/0
(photo from http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/wp-content/blogs.dir/471/files/2012/05/i-5d89dfd88a7d101ba2f47f849bba6ffa-Antrozous-Anne-Marie-2007-Mar-2011-crop.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Unknown
Threats: Habitat loss mainly restricted to intact forests.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1789/0
Craugastor ranoides
(photo from http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/170113/medium.JPG)
Status: Critically Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Destruction of natural habitats due to agriculture and timbering as well as a disappearance of streams.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/56901/0
(photo from http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/170113/medium.JPG)
Status: Critically Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Destruction of natural habitats due to agriculture and timbering as well as a disappearance of streams.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/56901/0
Crax rubra (Great Curassow)
(photo from http://www.revenaturel.com/piwigo/galleries/Faune/Oiseaux/Crax_rubra_Grand_Hocco_femelle_Cracidae.JPG)
Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: These birds are widely hunted for food and further threatened by fragmentation and habitat loss.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/100600103/0
(photo from http://www.revenaturel.com/piwigo/galleries/Faune/Oiseaux/Crax_rubra_Grand_Hocco_femelle_Cracidae.JPG)
Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: These birds are widely hunted for food and further threatened by fragmentation and habitat loss.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/100600103/0
Ctenosaura quinquecariniata
(Five-keeled Spiny-tailed Iguana)
(Photo from http://www.jjphoto.dk/animal_archive/ctenosaura_quinquecarinatus_01_x.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss through deforestation and the regular burning of habitat, as well as collection for the international pet trade.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/44193/0
(Five-keeled Spiny-tailed Iguana)
(Photo from http://www.jjphoto.dk/animal_archive/ctenosaura_quinquecarinatus_01_x.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat loss through deforestation and the regular burning of habitat, as well as collection for the international pet trade.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/44193/0
Deconychura longicauda (Long-tailed Woodcreeper)
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cocoa_Woodcreeper.jpg/250px-Cocoa_Woodcreeper.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Accelerating deforestation in Central America being cleared for soy production and cattle ranching.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106005015/0
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cocoa_Woodcreeper.jpg/250px-Cocoa_Woodcreeper.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Accelerating deforestation in Central America being cleared for soy production and cattle ranching.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106005015/0
Dendroica chrysoparia (Golden-cheeked Warbler)
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Dendroica_chrysoparia1.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: With increasing forest edge density, net survival decreases and fragmentation impairs gene flow threatening this species' survival.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106009107/0
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Dendroica_chrysoparia1.jpg)
Status: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: With increasing forest edge density, net survival decreases and fragmentation impairs gene flow threatening this species' survival.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106009107/0
Dermophis mexicanus (Tapalcua)
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Dermophis_mexicanus.jpg)
Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Changes in agricultural methods as well as threatened habitat loss. Locally, it is often mistaken for snakes and hunted.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/59545/0
(photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Dermophis_mexicanus.jpg)
Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Changes in agricultural methods as well as threatened habitat loss. Locally, it is often mistaken for snakes and hunted.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/59545/0
Falco deiroleucus (Orange-breasted Falcon)
(photo from http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Orange-breasted_Falcon_copy.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Primary threat is accelerated deforestation and in some areas, it is affected by high levels of tourism.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106003624/0
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Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Primary threat is accelerated deforestation and in some areas, it is affected by high levels of tourism.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106003624/0
Leopardus wiedii (Margay)
(photo from http://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/10429.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Decades ago, the Margay was one of the most exploited cats in Latin America. International trade severely decreased the number of Margays found in the wild. Populations, especially outside the Amazon basin, are suffering from severe fragmentation and are being reduced by habitat conversion to plantations and pasture.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11511/0
(photo from http://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/10429.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Decades ago, the Margay was one of the most exploited cats in Latin America. International trade severely decreased the number of Margays found in the wild. Populations, especially outside the Amazon basin, are suffering from severe fragmentation and are being reduced by habitat conversion to plantations and pasture.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11511/0
Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Giant Anteater)
(photo from http://24.media.tumblr.com/75ad4a1329b1e876f36b96d981fab7db/tumblr_mlrkuaSmhf1rrr05fo1_500.jpg)
Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat destruction with particular threats to Central American Anteaters. Are often killed on roads and by dogs as well.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14224/0
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Status: Vulnerable
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Habitat destruction with particular threats to Central American Anteaters. Are often killed on roads and by dogs as well.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14224/0
Panthera onca (Jaguar)
(photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Junior-Jaguar-Belize-Zoo.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Deforestation rates are very high in Latin America and fragmentation of forest habitat isolates jaguar populations, making them more vulnerable to human persecution and hunting. Known to kill cattle giving cattle farmers the desire to kill them as they would pests.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15953/0
(photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Junior-Jaguar-Belize-Zoo.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Deforestation rates are very high in Latin America and fragmentation of forest habitat isolates jaguar populations, making them more vulnerable to human persecution and hunting. Known to kill cattle giving cattle farmers the desire to kill them as they would pests.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15953/0
Patagioenas leucocephala (White-crowned Pigeon)
(photo from http://birdingblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/White-crowned-Pigeon-Patagioenas-leucocephala-IMG_5095.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Degradation of foraging habit. Oftentimes, collision with manmade objects create massive amounts of death for these birds.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106002475/0
(photo from http://birdingblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/White-crowned-Pigeon-Patagioenas-leucocephala-IMG_5095.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: Degradation of foraging habit. Oftentimes, collision with manmade objects create massive amounts of death for these birds.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106002475/0
Tayassu pecari (White-lipped Peccary)
(Photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Tayassu_pecari_-Brazil-8.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: "Widespread and increasing deforestation and intense hunting pressure are the main causes for the increasing diminution and extinction of many populations of this species. Owing to their habit of forming large herds, White-lipped peccaries require extensive and contiguous areas of habitat to obtain sufficient resources throughout the year. Hunting pressure by landless squatters and poachers has also contributed to local extinctions of the most conspicuous White-lipped peccary herds in many Neotropical forest fragments."
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41778/0
(Photo from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Tayassu_pecari_-Brazil-8.jpg)
Status: Near Threatened
Population trend: Decreasing
Threats: "Widespread and increasing deforestation and intense hunting pressure are the main causes for the increasing diminution and extinction of many populations of this species. Owing to their habit of forming large herds, White-lipped peccaries require extensive and contiguous areas of habitat to obtain sufficient resources throughout the year. Hunting pressure by landless squatters and poachers has also contributed to local extinctions of the most conspicuous White-lipped peccary herds in many Neotropical forest fragments."
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41778/0
