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Taxonomic note
Phaethornis bourcieri has been split into P. bourcieri and P. major Hinkelmann 1989, following genetic evidence that the latter is actually more closely related to P. philippii and P. koepckeae (Araujo-Silva et al. 2017), plus morphological characters supporting the separation.

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.
Hinkelmann, C. 1989. Notes on the taxonomy and geographic variation of Phaethomis bourcieri (Aves: Trochilidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Bonn. zool. Beitr, 40: 99-107.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	4 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,990,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-25%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification:

The species is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/straight-billed-hermit-phaethornis-bourcieri on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.