Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Heliodoxa
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published January 16, 2015

Conservation

Gould's Jewelfront has a very large geographic range and, although the population is believed to be in decline, the IUCN Red List conservation status of this species is evaluated as Least Concern (BirdLife International 2014). Gould's Jewelfront is included in Appendix II of CITES, as is the case with all hummingbirds, regardless of rarity (except for Hook-billed Hermit Glaucis dohrnii, which is Endangered and is on Appendix I of CITES).

The relative abundance of Gould's Jewelfront is assessed as uncommon in Venezuela (Hilty 2003), as rare to uncommon (and perhaps local) in Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a), and as uncommon in Peru (Schulenberg et al. 2010).

Effects of human activity on populations

The primary threat to Gould's Jewelfront is habitat loss or degradation from desforestation.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2015). Gould's Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.goujew1.01
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