Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This parakeet has a restricted range in Panama, where the remaining population is very small. Forests within the range are largely secure and not at imminent risk, and as such low levels of habitat loss are only driving a slow population decline. It is not clear whether trapping presents an additional risk. The species is therefore listed as Vulnerable.
Population justification
The species is described as locally common up to 1,660 m in its very small range (Juniper and Parr 1998, Forshaw 2006, Montañez and Angehr 2007, Forshaw 2010). Assuming that Pyrrhura eisenmanni occurs at the same density as P. picta (with which it was considered conspecific until 2014), i.e. 1-8 mature individuals per km2 (Santini et al. 2018), and that 50% of the range is occupied, the global population is estimated at 750-6,000 mature individuals.
Trend justification
The species is suspected to be in slow decline owing to habitat loss and fragmentation. Additionally, there may be low pressure from trapping for trade, but it is unclear how this is impacting the population size. Tree cover loss within the range is currently estimated at 3% across ten years (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein); however, large parts of the range are thought to be secure in Cerro Hoyo National Park (Collar et al. 2020). Assuming that forest loss is continuing at this rate and that population declines are roughly equivalent to the rate of forest loss, the species may be declining at <10% over ten years.
Pyrrhura eisenmanni is known only from Cerro Hoya National Park in Veraguas and Los Santos provinces, southern Panama.
The species occurs in hilly areas in the mid and upper storeys of humid forest (Forshaw 2006, Angehr and Dean 2010), and it has been observed at forest margins and occasionally in partly cleared areas (Forshaw 2006).
The species is threatened by habitat loss for conversion to agricultural areas (Forshaw 2006, Collar et al. 2020). Tree cover loss throughout this species's range is currently estimated at ~3% across three generations (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein), although Cerro Hoyo National Park appears largely intact. It is suspected that there may be some domestic trade (S. Bruslund in litt. 2022), though the impact on the population size is unknown (Collar et al. 2020).
Conservation and Research Actions Underway
The species occurs within the Cerro Hoya National Park.
Conservation and Research Actions Proposed
Quantify the population size. Determine its precise ecological requirements. Investigate its ability to persist in degraded and fragmented habitats. Evaluate extent of threat from habitat loss and whether any capture for the bird trade takes place. Monitor the population trend. Ensure the effective protection Cerro Hoyo National Park. Raise awareness for the species. Ban trapping, if this is found to be a threat.
22 cm. One of the medium-sized largely green parakeets (known often as conures) with a medium-long mostly maroon tail, blue flight feathers, dark red belly and whitish cheek patch. This species has an extensively red face, lacking any blue colour except faintly on the hindcollar, and the eye is dark. The upper breast feathers are dark grey broadly tipped creamy white. The forecrown is red, quickly becoming a dark brown from the mid-crown to the hindneck. Similar species. P. caeruleiceps of N Colombia has more extensive blue on the crown, and also has a pale eye. P. emma also has extensive blue on the crown. Very similar to P. griseipectus but has a darker crown.
Text account compilers
Everest, J., Martin, R., Hermes, C.
Contributors
Bruslund, S., Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Khwaja, N., Salaman, P.G.W., Sharpe, C.J., Symes, A. & Taylor, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Azuero Parakeet Pyrrhura eisenmanni. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/azuero-parakeet-pyrrhura-eisenmanni on 28/11/2024.
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 28/11/2024.