Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: Reichenow, 1887

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because it has experienced a moderately rapid population reduction in its restricted range owing to trapping for export. Although this has been halted, it could re-start; and hybridisation with Agapornis personatus could represent an ongoing threat, although its current impact is unknown. Any evidence of a greater population decline, or more detailed information about how hybridisation is affecting this species, could qualify the species for a higher threat category.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 206,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial