Coopmans's Elaenia (Elaenia brachyptera) - BirdLife species factsheet

Coopmans's Elaenia Elaenia brachyptera

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Elaenia chiriquensis and E. brachyptera (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as E. chriquensis following AOU (1998 & supplements), SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and 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
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
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	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	78,900 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.99 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species was described as 'common', prior to being split (Stotz et al. 1996). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to fires, over-grazing by cattle, slash-and burn agriculture and selective logging (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to fires, over-grazing by cattle, slash-and burn agriculture and selective logging (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	possibly 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	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	major	breeding
Savanna	Dry	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 2150 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2800 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Coopmans's Elaenia Elaenia brachyptera. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/coopmanss-elaenia-elaenia-brachyptera on 24/11/2024.
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 24/11/2024.