Tag Archives: Ecuador
Great Tinamou (Tinamus major): Revise global status?
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens): Revise global status?
Marbled Wood-quail (Odontophorus gujanensis): Revise global status?
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea): Revise global status?
Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans): Revise global status?
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja): Revise global status?
Archived 2020 topic: Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Galapagos Dove Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It inhabits dry, rocky lowlands with scattered trees, bushes and Opuntia cacti (Baptista et al. 2020). The global population size has not been … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Black-breasted Puffleg This discussion was first published as part of the 2017 Red List update. At the time, a decision regarding the status of this species was pended and the post remained open. Following experts’ review … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Esmeraldas Woodstar Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is endemic to Ecuador, where it occurs along the coast from Esmeraldas in the north to Manabí, Santa Elena and Guayas in the south. It inhabits a variety of habitats, … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Andean Condor Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is a highly iconic species occurring along the length of the Andes in South America. It inhabits open grassland and mountainous regions up to 5,000 m, but also mid-elevation forests … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Semi-collared Hawk (Accipiter collaris): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Semi-collared Hawk Semi-collared Hawk (Accipiter collaris) occurs on the west and east slopes of the Andes from south-west Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to southern Peru (Thiollay 1994, Angulo and Piana 2011). The species occurs in … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Plumbeous Hawk Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea) occurs from eastern Panama through western Colombia and Ecuador to northwestern Peru. It inhabits closed-canopy humid forests at up to 800 m, but has also been recorded in degraded forest … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Lilacine Amazon (Amazona lilacina): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Lilacine Amazon Lilacine Amazon is endemic to Ecuador, where it occurs along the Pacific coast from El Oro in the south to Manabí in the north. It inhabits mainly mangrove and coastal dry forest. The species … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus): request for information
BirdLife species factsheet for Great Green Macaw Great Green Macaw occurs from Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama south to Colombia and western Ecuador. It inhabits humid and wet lowland and foothill forest, but is also found in dry … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Golden-plumed Parakeet Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) is an endemic species occurring only across the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (Williamson 2020). Within this range, it is widely but locally distributed. In Colombia, the species occurs … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: White-streaked Antvireo (Dysithamnus leucostictus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for White-streaked Antvireo White-streaked Antvireo (Dysithamnus leucostictus) occurs in north-western South America. Its range is disjunt; the nominate subspecies ranges along the eastern slopes of the Andes from central Colombia to northern Peru, while subspecies tucuyensis occurs … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis erythrocephalus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis erythrocephalus) occurs in western Ecuador and north-western Peru. The species inhabits the understorey of deciduous and moist evergreen forests and woodlands at elevations of 150-1,350 m along the slopes and outlying … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Grey-tailed Piha (Snowornis subalaris): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Grey-tailed Piha Grey-tailed Piha (Snowornis subalaris) has a localised distribution along the eastern slopes of the Andes, ranging from southern Colombia, through Ecuador to southern Peru. It inhabits humid forest at 500-1,400 m elevation (Snow 2020). … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for San Cristobal Mockingbird San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) is endemic to the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador), where it occurs only on the island of San Cristóbal. It inhabits a wide range of habitats, including farmland, woodland with … Continue reading
Archived 2020 topic: Masked Saltator (Saltator cinctus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Masked Saltator Masked Saltator (Saltator cinctus) occurs in a disjunct range on the slopes of the Andes in central Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It inhabits the canopy of montane and elfin forest at 1,700-3,100 … Continue reading
Archived 2019 topic: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
