Indigo-capped Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanifrons)

Indigo-capped Hummingbird Amazilia cyanifrons

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Amazilia cyanifrons and A. alfaroana (HBW and BirdLife International 2017) were previously lumped as A. cyanifrons (del Hoyo and Collar 2014), but A. alfaroana is now recognised as a good species following Kirwan and Collar (2016), who examined the sole specimen and found species-level differences from cyanifrons and no evidence of characters suggesting that it is a hybrid, with the conclusion that - subject to any future molecular analysis - it is best treated as a separate species.

Taxonomic source(s)
HBW and BirdLife International. 2017. Taxonomic checklist of the birds of the world. V2.0.
Kirwan, G. M. & Collar, N. J. C. 2016. The ‘foremost ornithological mystery of Costa Rica’: Amazilia alfaroana Underwood, 1896. Zootaxa 4189(2): 244-250.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2017	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
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)	101,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. (1996).

Trend justification: Its wide altitudinal range, combined with an apparent adaptability to man-made habitats, suggests that the species is relatively secure at present (Weller and Boesman 2017).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	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	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	400 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Indigo-capped Hummingbird Amazilia cyanifrons. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/indigo-capped-hummingbird-amazilia-cyanifrons on 25/11/2024.
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 25/11/2024.