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Tag Archives: Ecuador
Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Black-breasted Puffleg This discussion was first published as part of the 2019 Red List update. At the time a decision regarding the status of this species was pended, but to enable potential reassessment of this species … Continue reading
Archived 2019 topic: Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) is being split: assessment of newly recognised taxa.
BirdLife species factsheet for Maroon-tailed Parakeet Following a taxonomic reassessment, Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) has been split into Maroon-tailed Parakeet (P. melanura) and Upper Magdalena Parakeet (P. chapmani). The newly defined Upper Magdalena Parakeet occurs in the Upper Magdalena Valley … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, Parrots, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Peru, Upper Magdalena Parakeet, Venezuela
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Archived 2019 topic: Choco Vireo (Vireo masteri): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Choco Vireo Choco Vireo (Vireo masteri) occurs in the Chocó region on the Pacific slope of the West Andes of Colombia and north-western Ecuador and is known from only four disjunct sites (Brewer 2018). Although it … Continue reading
Archived 2019 topic: Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Foothill Elaenia The recently discovered Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) occurs in a severely fragmented range in the northern Andes. The species is restricted to a few, disjunct localities of occurrence in the Central Cordillera in Colombia, … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America
Tagged Colombia, Ecuador, Foothill Elaenia, Peru
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Archived 2019 topic: Slaty Becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Slaty Becard Slaty Becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus) occurs in the Tumbesian and Chocó regions of western Ecuador and north-western Peru. It occurs mostly below 750 m, but locally ranges as high as 1,100 m. It inhabits lowland … Continue reading
Archived 2019 topic: Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus): request for information.
BirdLife species factsheet for Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) ranges across tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the north-west Indian Ocean and the eastern Pacific. The species is mostly pelagic. It breeds in loose colonies on sea cliffs or … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Americas, Archive, Caribbean, Central America, Middle East, Pacific, Seabirds, South America
Tagged Brazil, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Mexico, Red-billed Tropicbird, Yemen
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Archived 2019 topic: Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Crescent-faced Antpitta Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) is known from few localities in the Central Andes in southern Colombia (Cauca) and on the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador (Napo, Carchi, Cañar and Loja) (Lehmann et … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America
Tagged Colombia, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Ecuador
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Archived 2019 topic: Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus) is known only from a few localities on remote and isolated mountain ranges in southern Ecuador and northern Peru, where it is rare to uncommon (Ridgely and Tudor 1994, Ridgely … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America
Tagged Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant, Ecuador, Peru
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Archived 2017 topics: Green Warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea): uplist to Vulnerable?
Green Warbler-finch, Certhidea olivacea, is a recently-split species endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and is found only on the islands of Santa Cruz, Isabela, Fernandina, Santiago, Baltra, Pinzón and Rábida (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) (Extent of Occurrence measured … Continue reading
Archived 2017 topics: Floreana Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus): Downlist from Critically Endangered to Endangered?
The Floreana Mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus, is currently listed as Critically Endangered on the basis that it had a tiny population size. The species is found only on the islands of Champion and Gardner-by-Floreana in the Galapagos, Ecuador (EOO currently estimated … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America
Tagged Ecuador, Floreana Mockingbird, Galapagos
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Sharp-beaked Ground-finch (Geospiza difficilis) is being split: list Vampire Ground-finch G. septentrionalis and Genovesa Ground-finch G. acutirostris as Vulnerable?
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Darwin, Ecuador, Fernandina, Galapagos, Genovesa, Pinta, Santiago, Sharp-beaked Ground-finch, Vampire Ground-finch, Wolf
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Large Cactus-finch (Geospiza conirostris) is being split: list G. conirostris and G. propinqua as Vulnerable?
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Ecuador, Espanola, Galapagos, Genovesa, Large Cactus-finch
3 Comments
Archived 2016 topics: Tit-like Dacnis (Xenodacnis parina) is being split: request for information.
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Ecuador, Peru, Tit-like Dacnis
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Rufous-brown Solitaire (Cichlopsis leucogenys) is being split: list C. leucogenys as Endangered? Request for information on C. chubbi and C. gularis.
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Archived 2016 topics: White-winged Brush-finch (Atlapetes leucopterus) is being split: request for information for A. paynteri.
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Ecuador, Peru, White-winged Brush-finch
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda) is being split: list D. longicauda and D. typica as Least Concern and D. pallida as Near Threatened?
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, Central America, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Long-tailed Woodcreeper, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
2 Comments
Archived 2016 topics: Rearrangement of a selection of Amaurospiza species: list A. moesta and A. relicta as Least Concern?
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, Central America, North America, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Argentina, Blackish-blue Seedeater, Blue Seedeater, Brazil, Carrizal Seedeater, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Olive Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli) is being moved to genus Habia and split: request for information.
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Archive, Central America, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Olive Tanager, Panama, Peru
1 Comment
Archived 2016 topics: Shrike-like Cotinga (Laniisoma elegans) is being split: request for information
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Elegant Mourner, Peru, Shrike-like Cotinga, Venezuela
3 Comments
Archived 2016 topics: Long-tailed Antbird (Drymophila caudata) is being split: list D. striaticeps and D. klagesi as Least Concern? Request for information for D. caudata and D. hellmayri
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, South America, Taxonomy
Tagged Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Long-tailed Antbird, Peru, Venezuela
5 Comments