Passerina ciris
– 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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PASSERIFORMES
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Family:
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EMBERIZIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Passerina ciris
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Species Authority:
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common Name/s:
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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. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria A2bcd+3bcd.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Passerina ciris occurs in two geographically disjunct populations: a western population breeding from northern Mexico to northern Texas, USA, and wintering in south-west Mexico; and an eastern population breeding along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida (USA) and wintering in southern Florida and the Caribbean3. The western population breeds in scrub-brush habitat that remains largely intact, and the eastern population inhabits coastal plain agricultural land3. The global population is estimated to be 3.6 million birds7. Populations have declined since the mid-1960s and the species has been extirpated from parts of its range in south-west and east USA and north-east Mexico3,4,8,9. Breeding Bird Survey data from the continental USA (and for five years from north-east Mexico) indicates that the population has declined by 55% over the last 30 years2,7, with the steepest declines in the eastern population. Loss of habitat and capture for the cagebird trade are the primary threats2,3,5, with part of the declines also being attributed to brood-parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird. Trapping and sale in local markets occurs in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and overseas to international markets in Europe, South America and Asia1,2,6.
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Countries:
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Native:
Bahamas; Belize; Costa Rica; Cuba; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; United States
Vagrant:
Cayman Islands; Jamaica
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Habitat and Ecology
