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Taxonomic note

Poicephalus robustus and P. fuscicollis (HBW and BirdLife International 2017) were previously lumped as P. robustus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014), but have been split following work by Collar and Fishpool (2017) who showed that the form robustus reached species rank under the Tobias criteria on morphological scoring alone, with the difference augmented by voice (7+3 = 10). The newly-defined P. robustus is monotypic, while P. fuscicollis is polytypic, including the races fuscicollis and suahelicus.

Taxonomic source(s)
Collar, N.J.C. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2017. Is the Cape Parrot a species or subspecies, and does it matter to CITES? Bulletin of the African Bird Club 24(2): 156-170.
HBW and BirdLife International. 2017. Taxonomic checklist of the birds of the world. V2.0.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2017	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	12,300,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

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

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally scarce but patchily common (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and unsustainable levels of exploitation.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	vagrant			yes
Sierra Leone	extant	vagrant			yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 4000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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