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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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	4 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	112,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.69 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 0.7% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Alto Quindío
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Cuenca del Río Toche
Colombia	Munchique Natural National Park and southern extension
Colombia	Puracé Natural National Park
Colombia	Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco
Colombia	Reserva Natural Ibanasca
Colombia	Reserva Natural Tambito
Colombia	Reservas Comunitarias de Roncesvalles
Ecuador	Cajas-Mazán
Ecuador	El Ángel - Cerro Golondrinas and surrounding areas
Ecuador	Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus
Ecuador	Montañas de Zapote-Najda
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Llanganates
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Sangay
Ecuador	Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas y alrededores

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	2700 - 3800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 2100 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/viridian-metaltail-metallura-williami 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.