Semnornis ramphastinus
– 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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Semnornis ramphastinus
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Species Authority:
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(Jardine, 1855)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | TOUCAN BARBET |
| French | — | CAEBÉZON 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 A2cd+3cd; B1ab(i,ii,iii,v).
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History:
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| 1988 | - | 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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Semnornis ramphastinus is uncommon to common in premontane to montane evergreen forest and edge on both slopes of the West Andes in south-west Colombia (Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño) and north-west Ecuador at 1,000-2,400 m 2,4,7. Surveys at La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia, in the mid to late 1980s suggested an estimated world population of c.73,000 individuals5. It is trapped for the local and international cage-bird trade3. There is low reproductive success owing to competition for nest-sites with, and predation of young by Plate-billed Mountain-toucan Andigena laminirostris5. Uncontrolled colonisation following the completion of roads and massive logging concessions have cleared or degraded over 40% of its Chocó forests, and deforestation is accelerating6. Currently, intensive logging, human settlement, cattle grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation pose threats to its remaining forests1.
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Countries:
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Native:
Colombia; Ecuador
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Habitat and Ecology
