Hooded Parrot (Psephotellus dissimilis) | Details

Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Psephotellus dissimilis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Psephotus. Forms a species-group with P. chrysopterygius and †P. pulcherrimus; close to former, and in the past considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	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/Near Threatened
1988	Threatened

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	46 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	151,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.76 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to be 20,000 individuals (Garnett and Crowley 2000). Global population trends have not been quantified, but populations appear to be stable, with no recent declines (Garnett and Crowley 2000).

Trend justification: Global population trends have not been quantified, but populations appear to be stable, with no recent declines (Garnett and Crowley 2000).

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Kakadu Savanna
Australia	Yinberrie Hills

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 290 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/hooded-parrot-psephotellus-dissimilis on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.