Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: (Siebers, 1930)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i,ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species had not been positively identified for many years despite several surveys of Buru, until two birds were photographed in November 2014. This suggests that its population is very small, and likely to be decreasing given that its habitat is shrinking both in extent and quality. For these reasons it is considered Critically Endangered.

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 9,100 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome