Grey-tailed Mountain-gem (Lampornis cinereicauda)

Grey-tailed Mountain-gem Lampornis cinereicauda

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Lampornis castaneoventris and L. cinereicauda (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as L. castaneoventris following SACC (2005), which in turn was previously lumped with L. calolaemus as L. castaneoventris 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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	9,600 km²	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	6,048 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.41 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified due to recent taxonomic splits. Prior to being split, the species was described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996) and 'over most parts of range one of the commonest mountain hummingbirds' (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Trend justification: Forested habitat within the range is currently not under threat (Global Forest Watch 2021), therefore in the absence of any declines the population is suspected to be stable.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Costa Rica	Los Santos, La Amistad Pacífico
Costa Rica	Talamanca Highlands

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1800 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1200 m

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-tailed Mountain-gem Lampornis cinereicauda. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-tailed-mountain-gem-lampornis-cinereicauda 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.