Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae): Revise global status?

Red List Team (BirdLife International)

Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae): Revise global status?

5 thoughts on “Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae): Revise global status?

  1. New distribution maps using the method described in Huang, et al. (2021, Batch-produced, GIS-informed range maps for birds based on provenanced, crowd-sourced data inform conservation assessments, PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259299. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259299) suggest the range of this species is somewhat larger than the previous assessment. Huang et al. find the Area of Habitat (AoH) to be 2,784 km2; the area of the previously published range map was 2,192 km2, meaning the new range map is 127% the size of the previous map.

    The current population estimate appears to be based on expert opinion. However, given that the likely range size is larger than previously used, the population estimate is likely nearer the upper end of the proposed population range of 250 – 999. This supports the proposed downlisting of the species from EN to NT under the application of IUCN Red List Criteria in Annex 2.

  2. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 21 February 2022. We will now analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’s Red List status on this page on 21 February 2022, when discussions will re-open.

  3. Preliminary proposal

    Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2022.1 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.

    There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 27 February 2022, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.

    The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.

  4. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 7 March 2022.

  5. Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN

    The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Yellow-billed Cotinga is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching the thresholds for listing as threatened under Criteria B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1+2a(i); D1.

    Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2022.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.

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