Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) | Details

Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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.
Schuchmann, K. L. 1999. Trochilidae (Hummingbirds). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 468-680. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Schuchmann, K. L. 1999. Trochilidae (Hummingbirds). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 468-680. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	12,800 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	4.2 years	-	-	-

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

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Jamaica	Black River Great Morass
Jamaica	Blue Mountains
Jamaica	Bluefields
Jamaica	Catadupa
Jamaica	Cockpit Country
Jamaica	Dolphin Head
Jamaica	Font Hill
Jamaica	Hellshire Hills
Jamaica	Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run
Jamaica	Mount Diablo
Jamaica	Negril
Jamaica	Portland Ridge and Bight
Jamaica	Yallahs

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-billed-streamertail-trochilus-polytmus on 17/12/2024.
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 17/12/2024.