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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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	55,500 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	2.66 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	11	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The species is described as common, reaching densities of 8-12 pairs/km² (Stotz et al. 1996, Schuchmann et al. 2020). The population is likely very large.

Trend justification: The species' tolerance of secondary and disturbed habitats likely buffers it against impacts of forest loss (per Schuchmann et al. 2020). Population declines were however detected following a major hurricane in 2017 on Dominica (Fairbairn et al. 2022), and while the species appears able to recover this is happening slowly (per eBird 2023). As the intensity and possibly the frequency of severe hurricanes in the Caribbean is projected to increase with climate change (Knutson et al. 2010, Walsh et al. 2016) the species' ability to recover from these severe events may be increasingly constrained. Consequently, despite a lack of trend data across the range, a continuing decline is inferred; the overall rate of decline is likely very slow, but may increase locally and rapidly in the event of a hurricane.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Anguilla (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	native	yes
Barbados	extant	vagrant
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	extant	native	yes
Dominica	extant	native	yes
Grenada	extant	vagrant
Guadeloupe (to France)	extant	native	yes
Martinique (to France)	extant	native	yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	native	yes
St Barthelemy (to France)	extant	vagrant
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	native	yes
St Lucia	extant	native	yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	native	yes
Virgin Islands (to USA)	extant	vagrant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Antigua and Barbuda	Bethesda Dam
Antigua and Barbuda	Christian Valley
Antigua and Barbuda	Fitches Creek Bay
Antigua and Barbuda	Potworks Dam
Antigua and Barbuda	Valley Church Bay
Antigua and Barbuda	Wallings Forest
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	Saba
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	The Quill, Sint Eustatius
Dominica	Morne Diablotin National Park
Dominica	Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Guadeloupe (to France)	Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island
Guadeloupe (to France)	îlets de la Petite-Terre
Guadeloupe (to France)	Pointe des Châteaux
Martinique (to France)	Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée
Martinique (to France)	Grand Macabou
Martinique (to France)	Mangrove de Fort de France
Martinique (to France)	Massif forestier entre Le Diamant et les Trois-Îlets
Martinique (to France)	Pitons du Carbet
Martinique (to France)	Presqu'île de la Caravelle
Montserrat (to UK)	Centre Hills
Montserrat (to UK)	Northern Forested Ghauts
St Kitts and Nevis	St. Kitts Central Forest Reserve
St Lucia	Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis
St Lucia	Iyanola and Grande Anses, Esperance and Fond D'ors
St Lucia	Mandelé Protected Landscape
St Lucia	Pitons (Qualibou and Canaries)
St Martin (to France)	Pic Paradis
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Botanic Gardens Natural Landmark
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Colonarie Forest Reserve
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Cumberland Forest Reserve
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Dalaway (Buccament) Watershed
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown Forest Reserve
St Vincent and the Grenadines	La Soufrière National Park
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Mount Pleasant Forest Reserve
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Richmond Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	800 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 0 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Climate change & severe weather	Storms & flooding	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Causing/Could cause fluctuations		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/purple-throated-carib-eulampis-jugularis on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.