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Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica



Family: Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)

Authority: Sclater, 1864

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because remote-sensing techniques indicate that the lowland forest on which this species depends for nesting is being cleared at such a rate that the population is likely to be undergoing a rapid decline.



Population size: 87000-378000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 63,700 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-eyed-cockatoo-cacatua-ophthalmica on 30/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 30/12/2024.