Mexican Chickadee (Poecile sclateri) | Details

Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Poecile sclateri (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Parus sclateri.

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	941,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 2 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Mexico	Sierra de Zongolica-Tenango
Mexico	Tlanchinol y Bosques de Montaña del Noreste de Hidalgo

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Altitude	2000 - 3510 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	1500 - 3900 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mexican-chickadee-poecile-sclateri on 15/12/2024.
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 15/12/2024.