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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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	635,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.99 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Alto Quindío
Colombia	Bosques de la Falla del Tequendama
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Cuenca del Río Toche
Colombia	Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza and surroundings
Colombia	Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá
Colombia	Puracé Natural National Park
Colombia	Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco
Colombia	Reserva Natural Ibanasca
Colombia	Reservas Comunitarias de Roncesvalles
Colombia	Valle del Río Frío
Ecuador	Cajas-Mazán
Ecuador	El Ángel - Cerro Golondrinas and surrounding areas
Ecuador	Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus
Ecuador	Maquipucuna-Río Guayllabamba
Ecuador	Mindo and western foothills of Volcan Pichincha
Ecuador	Montañas de Zapote-Najda
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Llanganates
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Sangay
Ecuador	Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas
Ecuador	Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas y alrededores
Peru	Cerro Chinguela
Peru	La Cocha
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Tamá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Perijá

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1470 - 4990 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-flowerpiercer-diglossa-humeralis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.