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Chaetura meridionalis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES APODIFORMES APODIDAE

Scientific Name: Chaetura meridionalis
Species Authority: Hellmayr, 1907
Common Name/s:
English – Ashy-tailed Swift, Sick's Swift
Taxonomic Notes: Chaetura andrei (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into C. meridionalis with the remainder lumped with C. vauxi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) following SACC (2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2012
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Reviewer/s: Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2009 – Least Concern
2008 – Least Concern
2006 – Least Concern
2004 – Not Recognized
2000 – Not Recognized
1994 – Not Recognized
1988 – Not Recognized

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species breeds in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, and is at least partly migratory, with records from Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana in the austral winter.
Countries:
Native:
Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); French Guiana; Paraguay; Suriname; Venezuela
Vagrant:
Panama
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Population [top]

Population: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common in its breeding range and less common in its wintering range (del Hoyo et al. 1999).
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: The species' main habitats are lowland evergreen forest edge, secondary forest, and second-growth scrub (Chantler 1999).
Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Chaetura meridionalis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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