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Taxonomic note

Epinecrophylla gutturalis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Myrmotherula gutturalis. Monotypic.

 

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2023. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 8. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v8_Dec23.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	A3c
2012	Near Threatened	A3c
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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,240,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000000-2499999 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2022
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2017-2027
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-5%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-5%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-5%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.46 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. In Suriname, it is described as very common in both primary and selectively logged forests, though it is rare to uncommon in savanna and coastal forests (O. Ottema in litt. 2020). Likewise, it is very common in French Guiana, with a population of more than 400,000 pairs (Jullien and Thiollay 1998, Claessens 2000).
In French Guiana, a density of 6 pairs/km² could be observed (Jullien and Thiollay 1998, Claessens 2000). Under the assumption that this density is representative for the entire range, the global population will likely exceed 1,000,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: There are no data on the overall population trend, but it cannot be ruled out that the species is undergoing slow declines on the basis of its forest-dependence and slow rates of deforestation within the range.
Over ten years, 2% of tree cover is lost from the species' range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Population declines are therefore likely equally low and localised; they are here tentatively placed in the band 1-5% over ten years. Population trends may however vary locally; in Suriname, where large tracts of pristine forests remain (Global Forest Watch 2022), the population is believed to be stable (O. Ottema in litt. 2020).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais e Entorno
Brazil	Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque
French Guiana	Lucifer
French Guiana	Montagne Kaw
French Guiana	Nouragues
French Guiana	Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül
French Guiana	Trinité
Suriname	Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR)
Suriname	Brownsberg Nature Park (BB)
Suriname	Centraal Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR)
Suriname	Kabalebo / Arapahu
Suriname	Lely mountain
Suriname	Nassau mountain
Suriname	Sipaliwini Nature Reserve
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Canaima
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Duida-Marahuaca
Venezuela	Reserva Forestal Imataca

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-bellied-stipplethroat-epinecrophylla-gutturalis 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.