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Taxonomic note

Lophornis chalybeus and L. verreauxii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as L. chalybeus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996). It occurs in humid forest and secondary growth in the lowlands and foothills (del Hoyo et al. 1999, van Perlo 2009). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 4.4% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/butterfly-coquette-lophornis-verreauxii 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.