Pale-billed Araçari (Pteroglossus erythropygius)

Pale-billed Araçari Pteroglossus erythropygius

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Pteroglossus torquatus, P. sanguineus and P. erythropygius (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. torquatus following SACC (2006) and a review by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group, and before then were split as P. torquatus, P. sanguineus and P. erythropygius 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. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
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	278 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	104,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size is unknown given recent taxonomic splits.

Trend justification: The species is suspected to be declining throughout its range as a result of ongoing habitat destruction and hunting (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	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	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1500 m

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pale-billed Araçari Pteroglossus erythropygius. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pale-billed-aracari-pteroglossus-erythropygius on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.