Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The global population size is unknown given recent taxonomic splits; an accurate estimate is urgently required.
Trend justification
The population trend has not been assessed directly, but the species is thought to be in slow decline on the basis of habitat loss and probably trapping for trade.
Within the range, tree cover has been lost at a rate of 9% over the past three generations (10.2 years; Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Tree cover loss has been increasing since 2016, to a rate equivalent to 11% over three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). As the species is also occurring in savanna habitat, the rate of population decline may be lower than deforestation rates suggest. The impact of trapping has not been quantified. Based on available evidence, population declines are unlikely to exceed 20% over three generations, but an accurate estimate is required.
Pyrrhura snethlageae is found south of the Amazon/Solimoes in south central Amazonian Brazil and northernmost Bolivia, in the Madeiran drainage east to the Xingu drainage and at least the Rio Tele Pires in the south. It occurs to the south-west of the distribution range of P. amazonum.
The species inhabits terra firme forest and forested savanna, but otherwise there is little information on the species's biology and ecology.
The primary threat to this species is accelerating deforestation in the Amazon basin, as land is cleared for cattle ranching and soy production, facilitated by expansion of the road network (Soares-Filho et al. 2006, Bird et al. 2011). Forest fires to clear the land are a further threat (P. Salaman in litt. 2020). The species may be at risk from capture for trade.
Conservation Actions Underway
No targeted actions are known, but the species occurs in several protected areas throughout its range, inlcuding Cristalino State Park, Mato Grosso, as well as Traçadal Biological Reserve and Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land, Rondônia (del Hoyo et al. 2020).
Conservation Actions Proposed
Urgently quantify the population size and trend. Survey to determine its true distribution. Investigate the species's biology, ecology and subpopulation structure. Quantify the extent of trade. Investigate the impact of trapping on the population size. Monitor the population trend. Protect remaining habitat within the range. Expand the protected area network. Establish reforestation programmes to restore habitat within the range. Raise awareness for the species and its habitat.
22 cm. One of the medium-sized, long-tailed, largely green parakeets formerly included within P. picta.
Text account compilers
Hermes, C.
Contributors
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Khwaja, N., Lees, A., Salaman, P.G.W., Sharpe, C.J., Symes, A. & Taylor, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Madeira Parakeet Pyrrhura snethlageae. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/madeira-parakeet-pyrrhura-snethlageae on 28/11/2024.
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 28/11/2024.