Andigena laminirostris
– Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PICIFORMES
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Family:
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RAMPHASTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Andigena laminirostris
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Species Authority:
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Gould, 1851
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | PLATE-BILLED MOUNTAIN-TOUCAN |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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NT ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria A2c+3c; B1ab(i,ii,iii,v).
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Near-threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Andigena laminirostris occurs along the west Andean slope from Nariño, south of the Patía valley, south-west Colombia, to the río Chanchan in west Ecuador2. It is relatively common in humid montane forest and edge with abundant bromeliads and mosses, at 1,200-3,200 m, occasionally to 300 m 2,3,4. It is primarily threatened by ongoing deforestation, which is largely the result of intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation, with destruction most severe in the lower half of its altitudinal range4. A secondary threat, which may become more significant as habitat loss fragments existing populations, is the large illegal international cage-bird trade1.
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Countries:
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Native:
Colombia; Ecuador
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Habitat and Ecology
