Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii) | Details

Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions 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	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

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,090,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2022
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	1.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is suspected to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2022), thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.

Trend justification: The population trend has not been investigated. Tree cover within the range is lost at a rate of up to 8% over ten years (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). The species occurs in a variety of habitats from forest and edges to shrubby secondary growth (Arizmendi et al. 2020) and as such it does not appear to be under imminent risk. Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is assessed as stable.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
El Salvador	Montecristo Forest
Guatemala	Atitlan
Guatemala	Sacranix
Guatemala	Santiaguito Volcano
Guatemala	Yalijux
Mexico	Sierra de Zongolica-Tenango

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	500 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	20 - 2670 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sparkling-tailed Woodstar Tilmatura dupontii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sparkling-tailed-woodstar-tilmatura-dupontii 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.