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Taxonomic note
Pionites leucogaster, P. xanthomerius and P. xanthurus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. leucogaster following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,220,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2000-2024
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10-24%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.75 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996). This species is suspected to lose 10.3-12.7% of suitable habitat within its distribution over three generations (24 years) from 2002, based on a model of Amazonian deforestation (Soares-Filho et al. 2006, Bird et al. 2011). Given the susceptibility of the species to hunting and trapping, and the fact that it is intolerant of habitat degradation and small fragments, it is suspected to decline by 10-24% over this time period.

Trend justification: This species is suspected to lose 10.3-12.7% of suitable habitat within its distribution over three generations (24 years) from 2002, based on a model of Amazonian deforestation (Soares-Filho et al. 2006, Bird et al. 2011). Given the susceptibility of the species to hunting and trapping, and the fact that it is intolerant of habitat degradation and small fragments, it is suspected to decline by 10-24% over this time period.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Bolivia	Federico Román
Bolivia	Noel Kempff Mercado
Bolivia	Reserva Nacional Amazónica Manuripi Heath
Bolivia	Tahuamanu
Brazil	Alto Juruá
Brazil	Baixo Rio Javari
Brazil	Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor
Brazil	Tabocais
Peru	Alto Purus
Peru	Bahuaja-Sonene
Peru	Los Amigos
Peru	Manu
Peru	Reserva Amazónica
Peru	Tambopata

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-legged Parrot Pionites xanthomerius. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-legged-parrot-pionites-xanthomerius on 28/12/2024.
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 28/12/2024.