Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris) | Details

Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Leptopogon superciliaris and L. albidiventer (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as L. superciliaris following AOU (1998 and supplements), SACC (2005 and updates), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

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
2022	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	12 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,030,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.38 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified given recent taxonomic splits. Prior to being split, the species has been described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification:

The population trend has not been investigated. Tree cover within the range is lost at a rate of 4% over ten years (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Apart from forests, the species is sometimes also found in plantations, woodland, edge and mature secondary habitat (Fitzpatrick et al. 2020); consequently, the current rate of tree cover loss may not be affecting the population. Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	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
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 2400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/slaty-capped-flycatcher-leptopogon-superciliaris on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.