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Taxonomic note
Previously lumped with E. spectabilis as Eugenes fulgens (del Hoyo and Collar 2014). Populations within the southern portion of the range have been separated as subspecies viridiceps, but validity highly dubious and no constant differences apparent. Monotypic.

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
2022	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,880,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	2,465,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2022
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.52 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated at 2,000,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2022).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been assessed. Tree cover loss within the range is low (3% over ten years; Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein) and the species appears to tolerate at least some habitat disturbance (Powers et al. 2020). Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is tentatively assessed as stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes	yes		yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native		yes		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Altitude	1500 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	0 - 3850 m

Purpose	Scale
Medicine - human & veterinary	subsistence

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/magnificent-hummingbird-eugenes-fulgens 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.