Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions 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	Near Threatened

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	176,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Partners in Flight estimated the population to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (A. Panjabi in litt. 2008, 2017); thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a large, significant decline (Partners in Flight 2019), which is thought to be caused by low levels of habitat loss within the range (Tracewski et al. 2016).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
El Salvador	Alotepeque Range
El Salvador	Montecristo Forest
Guatemala	Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala	Atitlan
Guatemala	Cerro El Amay
Guatemala	Cerro Miramundo
Guatemala	Cuilco
Guatemala	Sacranix
Guatemala	Santiaguito Volcano
Guatemala	Sierra de las Minas - Motagua
Guatemala	Yalijux
Mexico	Cerros de Chalchihuitán

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1300 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3100 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-throated-motmot-aspatha-gularis on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.