Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	809,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	50000-499999	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing		inferred	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)	1-9	-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)	1-9	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification:

The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019). A remote sensing study found that forest within the range has been lost at a rate of 7% over the length of a decade (Tracewski et al. 2016); thus the species may be declining by < 10% over a ten year period.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Belize	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Belize	Belize Coastal and near shore islands
Belize	Crooked Tree and associated wetlands
Belize	Maya Mountains and southern reserves
Belize	Northeastern Belize
Belize	Rio Bravo CMA Gallon Jug Estate
Costa Rica	Arenal-Monteverde
Costa Rica	Central Volcanic Cordillera
Costa Rica	La Amistad Caribe
Guatemala	Candelaria - Campur
Guatemala	Guatemalan Caribbean Slope
Guatemala	Lachuá - Ik'bolay
Guatemala	Maya - Lacandón
Guatemala	Rio La Pasion
Guatemala	Sacranix
Honduras	Cuero y Salado
Honduras	Jeanette Kawas
Honduras	Patuca
Honduras	Pico Bonito
Honduras	Rio Platano
Honduras	Sierra de Agalta
Honduras	Tawahka
Nicaragua	Bluefields Bay and adjacent landscape
Nicaragua	Bosawas
Nicaragua	El Jaguar
Nicaragua	Esperanza Verde
Nicaragua	Indio Maíz
Nicaragua	Los Guatuzos
Nicaragua	Miskito Keys and terrestrial landscape
Nicaragua	Quirragua Mountains and adjacent landscape
Nicaragua	Wawashan
Panama	La Amistad International Park
Panama	Palo Seco Protection Forest
Panama	San San Pond Sak Wetlands

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1200 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Euphonia gouldi. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/olive-backed-euphonia-euphonia-gouldi on 10/06/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 10/06/2023.