Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Santa Marta Bush Tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix), recorded as Endangered
Santa Marta Bush Tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Santa Marta Bush Tyrant

Myiotheretes pernix

Santa Marta Bush Tyrant is a perching bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes) — Myiotheretes pernix, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Myiotheretes pernix
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Tyrannidae · Myiotheretes

Range and habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, among them in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

It is an IUCN Red List Endangered species threatened by habitat loss.

Santa Marta Bush Tyrant is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Santa Marta Bush Tyrant, Wikidata item Q1261124. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Santa Marta Bush Tyrant?
Santa Marta Bush Tyrant is a perching bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes) — Myiotheretes pernix.
What is the conservation status of Santa Marta Bush Tyrant?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Myiotheretes pernix. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Santa Marta Bush Tyrant live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, among them in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
Why is Santa Marta Bush Tyrant in crisis?
It is an IUCN Red List Endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Myiotheretes pernix?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Santa Marta Bush Tyrant a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.