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Classified as Near-Threatened by the IUCN, its main threat is habitat loss. The species population may additionally be negatively affected from widespread hunting (mostly related to falconry activities), civil wars, intensification of land use, disturbance by off-road vehicles, overgrazing, disturbance by livestock, firewood collection and commercial wood collection all of which may now be causing substantial declines in parts of its range.
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