Geothlypis beldingi has a fragmented distribution on the Baja California peninsula,
Mexico. The nominate race is known from at least 15 sites (C. Devenish
in litt. 2010) with important concentrations of 70 birds at Punta San Pedro, 178-442 at Santiago (C. Devenish
in litt. 2010), and 219-480 at San José del Cabo. The race
goldmani is now known from at least 12 sites including large numbers at San Ignacio (537-648 birds) and La Purísima (Rodríguez-Estrella
et al. 1999, Erickson
et al. 2008). The population at San José del Cabo increased in 2009 to an estimated 487-700 adults, probably related to a chance increase in the quality of habitat (Pronatura
in litt. 2009). It is common at most of these sites, but the area of suitable habitat is probably very restricted (Rodríguez-Estrella
et al. 1999). It appears to have been extirpated from at least one site, El Triunfo (Erickson
et al. 2008). However, in 2009 up to three adults were present at El Oro. This might be the location referred to as El Triunfo, where the species was collected in 1924 (C. Devenish
in litt. 2010). Another small breeding population was recently found at Las Cuevas (Erickson
et al. 2008) and San Dionisio (Pronatura
in litt. 2009), near Santiago.
Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012.
Geothlypis beldingi. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <
www.iucnredlist.org>
