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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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	A3c
2012	Near Threatened	A3c
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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	132 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,410,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	250000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2021
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2028
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.08 years	-	-	-

Population justification:

The species is overall uncommon and rather rare in most parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996, Collar et al. 2020). It is described as uncommon and local in Venezuela and Brazil and scarce in Suriname, but locally frequent and common in Guyana and French Guiana (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Hilty 2003, Restall et al. 2006, Collar et al. 2020).
In French Guiana, the population density was estimated at 0.5 pairs/km² (Thiollay 1994). Under the assumption that only 25% of forests in the range are occupied by the species to account for its rarity in other range states, i.e. 25% of c.1,000,000 km² (per Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein), the global population may number 125,000 pairs. This equates to 250,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Throughout much of the range forest is still intact and not at risk (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein); in parts of the range, e.g. Suriname, the population is probably stable (O. Ottema in litt. 2020). However locally, the species is feared to be in decline due to the impacts of habitat loss and trapping. Tree cover loss is overall low, amounting to 3% over three generations (12.3 years; Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). The impact of trapping on the population size has not been quantified, but based on available evidence it is unlikely that the population decline exceeds 10% over three generations.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Brazil	Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais e Entorno
Brazil	Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque
French Guiana	Atachi Bakka
French Guiana	Lucifer
French Guiana	Montagne Kaw
French Guiana	Nouragues
French Guiana	Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül
French Guiana	Trinité
Suriname	Bakhuys mountains
Suriname	Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR)
Suriname	Brownsberg Nature Park (BB)
Suriname	Centraal Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR)
Suriname	Kabalebo / Arapahu
Suriname	Lely mountain
Suriname	Nassau mountain
Suriname	North-West Suriname
Suriname	Sipaliwini Nature Reserve
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Canaima
Venezuela	Reserva Forestal Imataca

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Savanna	Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1100 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		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
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 Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national, international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/caica-parrot-pyrilia-caica on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.