Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla haematonota)

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Epinecrophylla haematonota and E. fjeldsaai (SACC [2005 and updates]; Sibley and Monroe [1990, 1993]; Stotz et al. [1996]) have been lumped and subsequently split into E. haematonota and E. amazonica following del Hoyo and Collar (2016). Previously included in Myrmotherula but transferred to present genus after Isler et al. (2006). Original note from Illustrated Checklists: Until recently, considered conspecific with E. amazonica. Vocal and genetic analysis (Whitney et al. 2013b) indicates that taxon fjeldsaai (Krabbe et al. 1999), treated as a full species in HBW, is better considered a subspecies of present species (indistinguishable on voice although moderately distinct in plumage). Genetic evidence suggests that subspecies pyrrhonota (which occurs sympatrically in E Andes of Colombia with E. spodionota [Salaman et al. 2002]) is distinctive, but it is vocally nearly identical to haematonota although, like fjeldsaai, moderately distinct in plumage. Three subspecies recognized.

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
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,890,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.45 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 2.2% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1300 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rufous-backed-stipplethroat-epinecrophylla-haematonota on 25/11/2024.
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 25/11/2024.