Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni) | Details

Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Hafferia immaculata and H. zeledoni (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as H. immaculata following AOU (1998 & supplements), SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	876,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	50000-499999 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.71 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019). The species is described as uncommon (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019), which is thought to be caused by habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 2003).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	100 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2300 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/zeledons-antbird-hafferia-zeledoni on 30/11/2024.
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 30/11/2024.