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Taxonomic note
Chloropipo flavicapilla (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Xenopipo flavicapilla.

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.
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
-	-	C2a(i)

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2016	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2015	Vulnerable	C2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	A2c+3c+4c;B1ab(i,ii,iii);C1+2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	A2c; A3c; A4c; C1; C2a(i); B1a+b(i,ii,iii)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	71,400 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	18,400 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	3500-4000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2014
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	2017-2027
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-19%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.12 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	10-100	-	-	-

Population justification: The species is patchily distributed and rare to uncommon in suitable habitat, though it is very inconspicuous and perhaps overlooked (Ridgely and Tudor 1994). Fieldwork in Cañón del río Barbas y Bremen IBA calculated a density of 1.3 individuals/km² (O. H. Marín-Gómez in litt. 2012). Assuming that this density is representative for the entire range, and that 50% of forests within the range are occupied to account for the species' localised distribution and rarity (i.e. 4,000-5,000 km²; per Global Forest Watch 2022), the population may number 5,200-6,500 individuals. This roughly equates to 3,500-4,000 mature individuals. Even though the species is able to cross small open areas (Renjifo et al. 2014) it is likely that occupied areas are disjunct with no or very low connectivity between subpopulations. Given the species' patchy distribution it is assumed that no subpopulation numbers more than 1,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Fieldwork confirms that the species is in decline and that it may be disappearing from some localities, particularly in areas where forest fragmentation and degradation is severe (Castaño-Villa and Patiño-Zabala 2008, O. Cortés in litt. 2009, Renjifo et al. 2014). Over ten years, around 5% of tree cover is lost within the range (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein); forest loss is projected to continue into the future (Negret et al. 2021). Due to its high dependence on forests, population declines may exceed the rate of tree cover loss. Tentatively, population declines are here placed in the band 1-19% over ten years.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Cañón del Río Barbas y Bremen
Colombia	Cañón del Río Combeima
Colombia	Farallones de Cali Natural National Park
Colombia	Reserva Forestal Yotoco
Colombia	San Sebastián
Colombia	Serranía de las Minas
Ecuador	Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul
Ecuador	Parque Nacional Sumaco-Napo Galeras

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-headed-manakin-chloropipo-flavicapilla 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.