Colombia: number of threatened species by type 2022

A total of 918 of the threatened living species in Colombia on the IUCN Red List in 2022 were plants. The group was followed by that of the amphibians, with 290 species under threat. Colombia is among the countries with the highest number of threatened living species on the IUCN Red List in Latin America.

Number of threatened living species in Colombia on the IUCN Red List in 2022, by taxonomic group

Characteristic	Number of threatened species
Plants*	918
Amphibians	290
Fishes*	183
Birds	102
Mammals	63
Other invertebrates*	60
Reptiles*	39
Fungi & Protists*	6
Molluscs*	4

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Colombia

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Figures presented for these groups should be interpreted as the number of species known to be threatened within those species that have been assessed to date, and not as the overall total number of threatened species for each group.

According to the source, threatened living species include species that are critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU).

The acronym IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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