5 thoughts on “Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis): Revise global status?”
There is some evidence that the population in Colombia may have declined. It was first discovered in the country in the municipality of Orito, Putumayo in 1969, with 7 specimens collected there in October 1969 and another 8 collected in just three days in March 1971 (Fitzpatrick & Willard 1982). The species was still present in the area in the late 1990s (Salaman & Mazariegos 1998). Since about 2016 this area has been pretty intensively birded by many Colombian and foreign birders, yet Pink-throated Brilliant has not been refound in spite of being actively looked for.
The species is also known from the Serrania de los Churumbelos in Cauca, where several individuals were mist-netted in the late 1990s (Salaman et al 2002). Again, some fairly intensive field work by Colombian birders and ornithologists in the last five years has failed to rediscover it.
This may be due to the species’ elusiveness, but given the ease with which it was evidently found in the 20th century, an actual population decline should be taken into consideration
References:
Fitzpatrick & Willard 1982. Twenty-
one bird species new or little known from the
Republic of Colombia. Bulletin British Ornithological Club 102, 153-158
Salaman,P.,Stiles,F.,Bohórquez,C.I.,Álvarez,M.,
Umaña, A. M., Donegan, T., & Cuervo, A. M.,
2002. New and Noteworthy Bird Records
from the East Slope of the Andes of Colombia. Caldasia 24, 157-189.
Salaman, P. & L. Mazariegos 1998 The Hummingbirds of Narino, Colombia. Cotinga 10: 30-36
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.
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.
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.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed, but the account for this species has been updated to incorporate additional information from this discussion. Pink-throated Brilliant is recommended to be listed as Least Concern.
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.
There is some evidence that the population in Colombia may have declined. It was first discovered in the country in the municipality of Orito, Putumayo in 1969, with 7 specimens collected there in October 1969 and another 8 collected in just three days in March 1971 (Fitzpatrick & Willard 1982). The species was still present in the area in the late 1990s (Salaman & Mazariegos 1998). Since about 2016 this area has been pretty intensively birded by many Colombian and foreign birders, yet Pink-throated Brilliant has not been refound in spite of being actively looked for.
The species is also known from the Serrania de los Churumbelos in Cauca, where several individuals were mist-netted in the late 1990s (Salaman et al 2002). Again, some fairly intensive field work by Colombian birders and ornithologists in the last five years has failed to rediscover it.
This may be due to the species’ elusiveness, but given the ease with which it was evidently found in the 20th century, an actual population decline should be taken into consideration
References:
Fitzpatrick & Willard 1982. Twenty-
one bird species new or little known from the
Republic of Colombia. Bulletin British Ornithological Club 102, 153-158
Salaman,P.,Stiles,F.,Bohórquez,C.I.,Álvarez,M.,
Umaña, A. M., Donegan, T., & Cuervo, A. M.,
2002. New and Noteworthy Bird Records
from the East Slope of the Andes of Colombia. Caldasia 24, 157-189.
Salaman, P. & L. Mazariegos 1998 The Hummingbirds of Narino, Colombia. Cotinga 10: 30-36
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.
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.
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.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed, but the account for this species has been updated to incorporate additional information from this discussion. Pink-throated Brilliant is recommended to be listed as Least Concern.
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.