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Taxonomic note
Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps has been split into Santa Marta Blossomcrown and Tolima Blossomcrown A. berlepschi following the finding of reciprocal monophyly between the two (Loranzo-Jaramillo et al. 2014), supported by subsequent assessment of morphological differences in museum specimens, albeit with a sample size of only three for A. (f.) floriceps.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.
Lozano-Jaramillo, M., Rico-Guevara, A. and Cadena, C. D. 2014. Genetic differentiation, niche divergence, and the origin and maintenance of the disjunct distribution in the Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps (Trochilidae). PloS ONE 9(9): e108345.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	B1ab(ii,iii,v); D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Vulnerable	B1ab(ii,iii,v); D1
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	8,800 km2	medium
Number of locations	5-10	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	500-2500 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	1998-2008
Generation length	4.2 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1-50	-	-	-

Population justification: Santa Marta Blossomcrown is described as common to uncommon (Renjifo et al. 2016, Züchner et al. 2019). It is tentatively estimated to have a population size between 500 and 2,500 mature individuals, based on the population estimate of the Blossomcrown before the taxonomic split into Santa Marta Blossomcrown and Tolima Blossomcrown.

Trend justification: The species is thought to be declining slowly due to the degradation, fragmentation and loss of its forested habitat. The rate of decline has not been quantified.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Cuchilla de San Lorenzo
Colombia	Eco-parque Los Besotes
Colombia	Valle de San Salvador
Colombia	Valle del Río Frío

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	600 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

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%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Santa Marta Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/santa-marta-blossomcrown-anthocephala-floriceps on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.