Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: (Biswas, 1951)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a wide range that spans most of continental South-East Asia and parts of the Indian Subcontinent. While its population is suspected of still being relatively large, trapping for the cagebird trade is ongoing at a scale thought to be driving moderately rapid declines: this is especially true in Indochina, where populations in Lao PDR and Viet Nam have declined very rapidly over the past three decades. In some range states (particularly India and Thailand) populations may be stable or declining only slowly. Habitat loss and degradation may be an additive threat to this species especially in South-East Asia where the species has a strong affinity to lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest. Evaluating its global status, the species is assessed as Near Threatened due to rates of population reduction suspected to approach the threatened thresholds. The impacts of trapping must be monitored closely, especially alongside evidence of population declines in range states where the species is currently considered comparatively secure.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,670,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial