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Taxonomic note

Calyptophilus frugivorus and C. tertius (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as C. frugivorus following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Near Threatened	C2a(ii)
2016	Near Threatened	C2a(ii)
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	18,300 km2	medium
Number of locations	11-100	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-16700 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2016
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	1998-2008
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: There is no data on population size, but the population is estimated to number 15,000-25,000 individuals based on an assessment of known records, descriptions of abundance and range size. This is consistent with recorded population density estimates for close relatives with a similar body size, and the fact that only a proportion of the estimated Extent of Occurrence is likely to be occupied. This estimate is equivalent to 10,000-16,667 mature individuals, rounded here to 10,000-16,700 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species is thought to be declining and whilst there is no data on population change, tree cover across its range has declined by approximately 5% across three generations from 2003-2014 (Global Forest Watch 2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Dominican Republic	extant	native	yes
Haiti	possibly extinct	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Dominican Republic	Armando Bermudez National Park
Dominican Republic	Eastern Bahoruco
Dominican Republic	Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve
Dominican Republic	Honduras
Dominican Republic	Nalga de Maco-Río Limpio
Dominican Republic	Parque Nacional Dr Juan Bautista Pérez Rancier (Valle Nuevo)
Dominican Republic	Sierra de Neyba
Dominican Republic	Sierra Martin Garcia National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	1000 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Eastern Chat-tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eastern-chat-tanager-calyptophilus-frugivorus on 20/12/2024.
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 20/12/2024.