Conservation status of Cozumel Thrasher

Critically Endangered

  • Last definitive scientific record: June 1995, bird captured in mist net
    • Reference: Macouzet F., T., and P. Escalante Pliego. 2001. Registros del Cuitlacoche de Cozumel Toxostoma guttatum posteriores al Huracán Gilberto. Cotinga 15: 32-33
  • Most recent credible sight record: April 2006, unconfirmed glimpse of single bird, at Cozumel Golf Club

Other recent sightings:

  • July 2004: single bird seen flying across primary highway north of Occidental Grand Cozumel resort and south of Playa San Francisco beach club

  • June 2004: four good sightings of what was believed to be a single bird, in general vicinity of San Gervasio ruins (J. E. Martínez-Gómez et al.)

  • April 2004: unconfirmed sighting of single bird, in general vicinity of San Gervasio ruins (probably same bird seen later in 2004 in this locality)
  • December 2003: sighting of single bird, at Cozumel Golf Club; documented by video, but digital video file subsequently lost
  • September 2003: unconfirmed sighting of single bird
    • Reference: North American Birds 58(1):154
  • November 2001: unconfirmed sighting of single bird
    • Reference: North American Birds 56(1):114
  • December 1998: confirmed sighting of single bird
    • Reference: North American Birds 56(1):114

Do you know about a sighting not listed above?

Please contribute to the conservation of the species by telling us about your sighting, or letting us know about one that we have not listed here. Contact Robert L. Curry with information about date, time, and location in as much detail as possible. Your information could help us gain a more complete understanding of the status of, and threats facing, this unique bird.

External links regarding conservation status

BirdLife International

IUCN Red List entry

Current conservation research

Collaborative field studies under the direction of Robert L. Curry (Villanova University) and the Island Endemics Institute are in progress on Cozumel.

This project has been funded by the American Bird Conservancy’s Belton Small Grants Program and by Conservation International

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