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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Near Threatened because it occurs at very few locations within a small range. Its habitat remains largely pristine and it is not thought to be declining at present, but any evidence of declines or new threats would result in its uplisting to a higher category of threat.

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

Trend justification
There is currently no available date regarding population trends in Geothalsia bella.

Goethalsia bella is uncommon in the foothills and highlands of Cerro Sapo, Cerro Pirre and the Serranía de Jungurudo (Wetmore 1968, Angehr et al. 2004) in eastern Darién, Panama, and the adjacent extreme north-west Chocó in Colombia.

It occurs in the understorey of montane humid forest and edge. It is most common at elevations of 1,100-1,275 m on Cerro Pirre (Robins et al. 1985), but has been recorded from 600-1,450 m (Robbins et al. 1965, Wetmore 1968). An adult male was collected at 100 m on the Río Piñas (Miller et al. 2011) suggesting the possibility of elevational movements. 

Much of the highland forest within this very restricted range remains relatively pristine (Tracewski et al. 2016) because of its inaccessibility and formal protection. The proposed Pan-American Highway link through Darién could be highly detrimental to this species (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Dinerstein et al. 1995) but there are no current plans for its completion. Because it is restricted to higher elevations on a few small mountain ranges, it is highly vulnerable to global climate change.

Conservation Actions Underway
CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Research its ecology and population size. Grant protected status to areas of suitable habitat.

Text account compilers
Everest, J.

Contributors
Angehr, G., Benstead, P., Capper, D., Sharpe, C.J. & Symes, A.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pirre Hummingbird Goldmania bella. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pirre-hummingbird-goldmania-bella 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.