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Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanonotus



Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: (Wied, 1820)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1+2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species' population is suspected to be small and declining, with small subpopulations. For these reasons the species is assessed as Near Threatened.



Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 537,000 km2

Country endemic: yes

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanonotus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-backed-parrotlet-touit-melanonotus on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.