Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Geographically isolated subspecies intermedia was included in the previous concept of Chalybura urochrysia (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) but is now included with C. buffonii, based largely on its greater similarity to the plumage of C. buffonii, especially in blue tail colour. Race melanorrhoa long considered a separate species, presumably on basis of its sooty-black vent (no other notable character), but intergrades with isaurae along border of Costa Rica with Panama. Proposed subspecies incognita (E Panama) probably best treated as a synonym of isaurae. Three subspecies recognized.

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	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,180,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	500000-4999999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2022
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2026
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.43 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is suspected to number 500,000-4,999,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2022). The species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: This species is suspected to be in decline, which is thought to be caused by habitat loss (Stiles et al. 2020).
Tree cover loss within the range amounts to 4% over ten years (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Given that the species avoids open areas (Stiles et al. 2020), population declines may be steeper than the rate of habitat loss suggests; they are here tentatively placed in the band 1-9% over ten years.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bronze-tailed-plumeleteer-chalybura-urochrysia 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.