IUCN Red List Criteria
| Critically Endangered |
|
| Endangered |
|
| Vulnerable |
A2c+3c+4c |
IUCN Red List history
| Year |
Category |
| 2012 |
Vulnerable |
| 2008 |
Vulnerable |
| 2004 |
Vulnerable |
| 2000 |
Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1994 |
Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1988 |
Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Species attributes
| Migratory status |
full migrant |
Forest dependency |
Medium |
| Land mass type |
continent
|
Average mass |
- |
Distribution
| |
Estimate |
Data quality |
| Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) |
815,000 |
medium |
| Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2) |
1,080,000 |
medium |
| Number of locations |
11-100 |
- |
| Fragmentation |
|
- |
Population & trend
| |
Estimate |
Data quality |
Derivation |
Year of estimate |
| No. of mature individuals |
|
medium |
Estimated |
2003 |
| Population trend |
Decreasing |
medium |
|
- |
| Number of subpopulations |
2-100 |
- |
- |
- |
| Largest subpopulation |
|
- |
- |
- |
| Generation length (yrs) |
3.6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Population justification: Rich et al. (2003). |
|
Trend justification: This species has undergone a large and statistically significant decrease over the last 40 years in North America (-83% decline over 40 years, equating to a -35.8% 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 |
| Bahamas |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Barbados |
Native |
No |
|
|
|
| Belize |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Bolivia |
Native |
No |
|
Yes |
|
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| Brazil |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| Canada |
Native |
No |
Yes |
|
|
| Cayman Islands (to UK) |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| Colombia |
Native |
No |
|
Yes |
|
| Costa Rica |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Cuba |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| Ecuador |
Native |
No |
|
Yes |
|
| Guatemala |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Honduras |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Jamaica |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Mexico |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Nicaragua |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Panama |
Native |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Peru |
Native |
No |
|
Yes |
|
| Puerto Rico (to USA) |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| St Lucia |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
Yes |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Vagrant |
No |
|
|
|
| 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 |
Belize Off-shore and Barrier Islands |
 |
| Belize |
Maya Mountains and southern reserves |
|
| Belize |
Northeastern Belize |
|
| Belize |
Rio Bravo CMA Gallon Jug Estate |
|
| Brazil |
Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (entre Santos e São Sebastião) |
|
| Brazil |
Serra do Tinguá |
|
| Colombia |
Bosque de San Antonio/Km 18 |
|
| Colombia |
Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda |
|
| Colombia |
Bosques Montanos del Sur de Antioquia |
|
| Colombia |
Cañón del Río Barbas y Bremen |
|
| Colombia |
Capurganá |
|
| Colombia |
Chicoral |
|
| Colombia |
Cuchilla de San Lorenzo |
|
| Colombia |
Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá |
|
| Colombia |
Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona |
|
| Colombia |
Reserva de Biósfera Seaflower |
|
| Colombia |
Reserva Forestal Yotoco |
|
| Colombia |
Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco |
|
| Colombia |
Serranía de las Quinchas |
|
| Colombia |
Soatá |
|
| Guatemala |
Guatemalan Caribbean Slope |
|
| Guatemala |
Maya-Lacandon |
|
| Honduras |
Islas de la Bahía y Cayos Cochinos |
|
| Honduras |
Pico Bonito |
|
| Honduras |
Río Plátano |
|
| Honduras |
Sierra de Agalta |
|
| Honduras |
Swan Islands |
|
| Honduras |
Tawahka |
|
| Panama |
Altos de Campana National Park |
|
| Panama |
Bocas del Toro Archipelago |
|
| Panama |
Chagres National Park |
|
| Panama |
Darien-Cerro Sapo National Park (Darién National Park IBA) |
|
| Panama |
General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park |
|
| Panama |
Golfo de los Mosquitos Forests |
|
| Panama |
Metropolitan Nature Park |
|
| Panama |
Narganá Wildlands Area |
|
| Panama |
Panama Canal West Bank |
|
| Panama |
San Lorenzo National Park |
|
| Panama |
Santa Fé National Park |
|
| Panama |
Soberanía National Park |
|
| USA |
Allegan State Game Area and Kalamazoo River (Galesburg to Saugatuck) |
|
| USA |
Barry State Game Area, Yankee Springs Recreation Area and Perry Trust |
|
| USA |
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge |
|
| USA |
Castle Rock State Park and Lowden-Miller State Forest |
|
| USA |
Fort Custer Training Center and Recreation Area |
|
| USA |
Mississippi Palisades State Park |
|
| USA |
Ozark National Forest |
|
| USA |
Patoka River National Widlife Refuge |
|
| USA |
Pomona Nongame Bird Management Area |
|
| USA |
Sugar Creek Valley |
|
| USA |
Upper Blue Ridge Mountains |
|
| USA |
Waterloo Recreation Area |
|
| USA |
White River (Manistee National Forest) |
|
Habitats & altitude
| Habitat (level 1) |
Habitat (level 2) |
Importance |
Occurrence |
| Forest |
Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland |
major |
non-breeding |
| Forest |
Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane |
major |
non-breeding |
| Forest |
Temperate |
major |
breeding |
|
Altitude
|
500 - 2000 m
|
Occasional altitudinal limits
|
|
Threats & impact
| Threat (level 1) |
Threat (level 2) |
Impact and Stresses |
| Residential & commercial development |
Commercial & industrial areas |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Minority (<50%) |
Slow, Significant Decline |
Low Impact: 5 |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion, Species mortality |
|
| Residential & commercial development |
Housing & urban areas |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Minority (<50%) |
Negligible declines |
Low Impact: 4 |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
| Agriculture & Aquaculture |
Annual & perennial non-timber crops / Agro-industry farming |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Majority (50-90%) |
Slow, Significant Decline |
Medium Impact: |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
| Agriculture & Aquaculture |
Livestock farming & ranching / Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Majority (50-90%) |
Slow, Significant Decline |
Medium Impact: |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
| Energy production & mining |
Mining & quarrying |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Majority (50-90%) |
Slow, Significant Decline |
Medium Impact: |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
| Biological resource use |
Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources / Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Majority (50-90%) |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
| Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases |
Problematic native species/diseases |
Timing |
Scope |
Severity |
Impact |
| Ongoing |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Stresses |
|---|
| Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion |
|
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Dendroica cerulea. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/05/2013.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/05/2013.
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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