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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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	365,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-25%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.57 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.

Trend justification:   .

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Tepuis do Amazonas
Suriname	Centraal Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR)
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Cerro Urutaní
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Guaiquinima
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Guanay
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Parú
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Roraima
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Yavi
Venezuela	Monumento Natural Tepui Yutajé
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Canaima
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Duida-Marahuaca
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Jaua-Sarisariñama
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Parima-Tapirapecó
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Serranía La Neblina
Venezuela	Reserva Forestal Sipapo

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	700 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/velvet-browed-brilliant-heliodoxa-xanthogonys 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.