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Taxonomic note
Chlorostilbon poortmani and C. alice were previously lumped under C. poortmani (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) having previously been split following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993). Now the two taxa are split again (see under C. alice). Closely related to C. stenurus. Subspecies euchloris has sometimes been considered a separate species, owing mainly to suggestion of possible overlap in range, but poorly known. Described forms inexpectatus and auratus, known from single specimens from “Bogotá” and “Peru” (Peru not part of range), respectively, are apparently aberrant individuals of present species. Two subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2014	Not Recognised
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)	212,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.26 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as common to fairly common (Bündgen et al. 2020).

Trend justification: Vast areas of pristine forests remain across the species' range (Global Forest Watch 2022). Although the species is forest-dependent, it readily accepts man-made habitats such as plantations, parks and gardens where stands of shrubs and trees are found (Bündgen et al. 2020). Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Bosques Secos del Valle del Río Chicamocha
Colombia	Reserva Biológica Cachalú
Colombia	Soatá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional El Tamá
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Páramos Batallón y La Negra and surrounding areas

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
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	750 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	150 - 2800 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/short-tailed-emerald-chlorostilbon-poortmani 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.