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closeIUCN Red List Criteria
| Near Threatened (criteria nearly met) | A2bc+3bc+4bc |
IUCN Red List history
| Year | Category |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Near Threatened |
| 2008 | Near Threatened |
| 2004 | Near Threatened |
| 2000 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1994 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Species attributes
| Migratory status | full migrant | Forest dependency | High |
| Land mass type | continent |
Average mass | 32.1 g |
Distribution
| Estimate | Data quality | |
|---|---|---|
| Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) | 8,250,000 | medium |
| Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2) | 8,250,000 | medium |
| Number of locations | - | |
| Fragmentation | - |
Population & trend
| Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of mature individuals | medium | Estimated | 2003 | |
| Population trend | Decreasing | medium | - | |
| Number of subpopulations | - | - | - | |
| Largest subpopulation | - | - | - | |
| Generation length (yrs) | 3.5 | - | - | - |
| Population justification: Rich et al. (2004). | ||||
| Trend justification: This species has undergone a large and statistically significant decrease over the last 40 years in North America (-76.3% decline over 40 years, equating to a -30.2% decline per decade; data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count (Butcher and Niven 2007). | ||||
Country/Territory distribution
| Country/Territory | Occurrence status | Extinct | Breeding | Non-breeding | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belize | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) | Native | No | |||
| Brazil | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Canada | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Colombia | Native | No | |||
| Costa Rica | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) | Native | No | |||
| Ecuador | Native | No | Yes | ||
| El Salvador | Native | No | |||
| French Guiana | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Greenland (to Denmark) | Vagrant | No | |||
| Guatemala | Native | No | |||
| Guyana | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Honduras | Native | No | |||
| Mexico | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Nicaragua | Native | No | |||
| Panama | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Peru | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) | Native | No | |||
| St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Suriname | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Native | No | Yes | ||
| USA | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Venezuela | Native | No | Yes |
Important Bird Areas where this species has triggered the IBA criteria
| Country/Territory | IBA Name | IBA link |
|---|---|---|
| Belize | Rio Bravo CMA Gallon Jug Estate |  |
| Brazil | Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais e Entorno | |
| Brazil | Cristalino / Serra do Cachimbo | |
| Brazil | Ji-Paraná / Roosevelt | |
| Brazil | Maciço Florestal de Paranapiacaba | |
| Brazil | Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (entre Caraguatatuba e Picinguaba) | |
| Brazil | Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (entre Santos e São Sebastião) | |
| Brazil | Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor | |
| Brazil | Parque Nacional de Itatiaia | |
| Brazil | Serra da Bocaina / Paraty / Angra dos Reis | |
| Brazil | Serra dos Carajás | |
| Colombia | Finca la Betulia Reserva la Patasola | |
| Colombia | Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá | |
| Colombia | Laguna de la Cocha | |
| Colombia | Reserva Forestal Yotoco | |
| Colombia | Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco | |
| Colombia | Reserva Natural El Pangán | |
| Colombia | Reserva Natural Río Ñambí | |
| Colombia | Serranía de las Quinchas | |
| Colombia | Serranía de los Paraguas | |
| Colombia | Serranía de San Lucas | |
| Colombia | Soatá | |
| Colombia | Valle de San Salvador | |
| Honduras | Celaque | |
| Honduras | Cerro Azul Meambar | |
| Honduras | Comayagua | |
| Honduras | Cusuco | |
| Honduras | Güisayote | |
| Honduras | La Muralla | |
| Honduras | La Tigra | |
| Honduras | Montaña de Yoro | |
| Honduras | Pico Bonito | |
| Honduras | Sierra de Agalta | |
| Nicaragua | Chocoyero - El Brujo - Montibelli and adjacent landscape | |
| Nicaragua | El Jaguar | |
| Nicaragua | Los Guatuzos | |
| Nicaragua | Mombacho Volcano | |
| Nicaragua | Quirragua Mountains and adjacent landscape | |
| Nicaragua | San Cristóbal-Casita-Chonco Volcanic Complex | |
| Panama | Altos de Campana National Park | |
| Panama | Chagres National Park | |
| Panama | Damani Wetlands | |
| Panama | Darien-Cerro Sapo National Park (Darién National Park IBA) | |
| Panama | El Chorogo-Palo Blanco | |
| Panama | El Valle de Antón | |
| Panama | Fortuna Forest Reserve | |
| Panama | La Amistad International Park (part of La Amistad and Surrounding Areas AZE) | |
| Panama | Metropolitan Nature Park | |
| Panama | Narganá Wildlands Area | |
| Panama | Palo Seco Protection Forest | |
| Panama | Panama Canal West Bank | |
| Panama | Punta Garachiné-Cerro Sapo | |
| Panama | San Lorenzo National Park | |
| Panama | Santa Clara | |
| Panama | Santa Fé National Park | |
| Panama | Serranía de Majé | |
| Panama | Soberanía National Park | |
Habitats & altitude
| Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Plantations | marginal | breeding |
| Forest | Boreal | major | breeding |
| Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | major | non-breeding |
| Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane | major | non-breeding |
| Forest | Temperate | major | breeding |
| Wetlands (inland) | Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands | suitable | breeding |
| Wetlands (inland) | Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) | suitable | breeding |
| Wetlands (inland) | Shrub Dominated Wetlands | suitable | breeding |
| Altitude | 0 - 3400 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Threats & impact
| Threat (level 1) | Threat (level 2) | Impact and Stresses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological resource use | Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources / Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Ongoing | Minority (<50%) | Slow, Significant Decline | Low Impact: 5 | ||||||
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| Pollution | Agricultural & forestry effluents / Type Unknown/Unrecorded | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Ongoing | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Contopus cooperi. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2013.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2013.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
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| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Current IUCN Red List category | Near Threatened |
| Family | Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers) |
| Species name author | (Swainson, 1832) |
| Population size | mature individuals |
| Population trend | Decreasing |
| Distribution size (breeding/resident) | 8,250,000 km2 |
| Country endemic? | No |
| Links to further information | |
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