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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
The global population is suspected to number 5,000,000-49,999,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2022).

Trend justification
The species occurs in a variety of open and woodland habitats and appears tolerant of converted and disturbed areas (Hosner et al. 2020). Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

This species occurs in the tropical zone of Costa Rica and the Pacific slope of Panama east to the Canal Zone, including Coiba and Pearl Islands. The subspecies albivertex occurs from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago to the Guianas. It is also found in scattered localities throughout Brazil south to São Paulo (but it is apparently absent from upper Amazon Basin), Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Text account compilers
Hermes, C.

Contributors
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J. & Hardenbol, A.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lesser-elaenia-elaenia-chiriquensis on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.