Brace's Emerald (Riccordia bracei) | Details

Brace's Emerald Riccordia bracei

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Previously listed as Chlorostilbon bracei (del Hoyo and Collar 2014), but moved to current genus following a recent overhaul of all genera by NACC, based on McGuire et al. (2014), Stiles et al. (2017a, b) and others. Known only from the type specimen, taken in 1877. Fossil hummingbird bones found on New Providence (Graves and Olson 1987) are probably also referable to this species (Olson and Hilgartner 1982). Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Extinct
2016	Extinct
2012	Extinct
2008	Extinct
2004	Extinct
2000	Extinct
1994	Extinct
1988	Extinct

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend		-	-	-
Generation length	2.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: None remain.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extinct	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Unknown		suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 23 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Human intrusions & disturbance

Work & other activities

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Past, Unlikely to Return

Unknown

Past Impact

Stresses
Species disturbance

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brace's Emerald Riccordia bracei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/braces-emerald-riccordia-bracei on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.