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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
2019	Least Concern
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	140 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,710,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	10 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is considered locally common in the East Transvaal, common in Malawi but only common in parts of Kenya (Collar and Boesman 2019).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016). Particularly in Mozambique, the species has been targeted for the cagebird trade and has been massively declining there since the 1990s (S. Taylor in litt. 2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eswatini	Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves
Kenya	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya	Dakatcha Woodland
Kenya	Marenji Forest
Kenya	Shimba Hills
Malawi	Lengwe National Park
Malawi	Liwonde National Park
Mozambique	Maputo Special Reserve
South Africa	Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
South Africa	iSimangaliso Wetland Park
South Africa	Ithala Game Reserve
South Africa	Kruger National Park and adjacent areas
South Africa	Ndumo Game Reserve
Tanzania	Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Handeni District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Jozani Forest
Tanzania	Kilwa District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kisarawe District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Lindi District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Muheza District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pangani District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Rufiji District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Zimbabwe	Limpopo - Mwenezi flood-plain and pans
Zimbabwe	Save - Runde junction

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Intentional use: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-headed-parrot-poicephalus-cryptoxanthus 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.