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Taxonomic note
Previously listed as Amazilia tobaci (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. Proposed subspecies apurensis (from Apure) probably falls within range of individual variation of subspecies feliciae. A specimen said to have been taken on Grenada, and described as Saucerottia wellsi, has alternatively been treated as vagrant of nominate subspecies; its true origin, however, appears dubious. Seven 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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	817,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	2.33 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'common' (Stotz et al. 1996). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 4.2% 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.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Grenada	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Trinidad and Tobago	Little Tobago Island
Trinidad and Tobago	Main Ridge, Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago	Northern Range
Trinidad and Tobago	Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve
Venezuela	Henri Pittier National Park (Parque Nacional Henri Pittier IBA)
Venezuela	Morrocoy National Park
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Cerro El Copey
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Ávila and surrounding areas
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Guatopo
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Mochima
Venezuela	Parque Nacional San Esteban
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Santos Luzardo
Venezuela	Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cuare
Venezuela	Reserva de Fauna Silvestre Esteros de Camaguán
Venezuela	Reserva Privada Hato Masaguaral
Venezuela	Reserva Privada Hato Piñero

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/copper-rumped-hummingbird-saucerottia-tobaci 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.