New records of Clytoctantes alixii (Elliot, 1870) in Eastern Caldas, Colombia

• Main Authors: Raul F. Gil-Ospina, Daniel Moreno-López
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-07-01
• Series: Neotropical Biology and Conservation
• Online Access: https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/50325/download/pdf/

Clytoctantes alixii is a bird that lives on the edges of old-growth, secondary and cleared forests undergoing regeneration and presents a distribution restricted to Colombia and Venezuela. The species is considered to be at risk of extinction (EN) due to its particular characteristics and restricted distribution. However, knowledge of its ecology and distribution is still incipient. The objective of this study was therefore to expand the knowledge of C. alixii in Caldas, present the southernmost record of the species and describe its behaviour. The species was monitored within the protected areas of the Manso Diversion in the period 2014 and 2017, using mist nets and fixed radius point counts. Two individuals of C. alixii were recorded, both by observation, with one of these subsequently also captured in a forest in an advanced state of succession. Recording of this population is important because it is the southernmost in the Cordillera Central and confirms that habitats with the presence of hollow stem plants largely define the presence of the species, as well as potentially determining the location of other populations of this species within its range of distribution.