Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The population has not been quantified but it has been described as rare and local (Rising and Jaramillo 2016).
Trend justification
The population is suspected to be stable (Rising and Jaramillo 2016).
A. relicta is restricted to the Pacific slope and in the interior of south-west Mexico, recorded from Jalisco, Colima, Morelos, and the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guererro and Oaxaca (Howell and Webb 1995).
The species is found in dense forest borders and secondary undergrowth as well as humid pine-oak woods and cloudforest between 1,200 and 2,500 m (Rising and Jaramillo 2016).
Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J. & Gilroy, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Slate-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza relicta. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/slate-blue-seedeater-amaurospiza-relicta 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.