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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
2023	Near Threatened	B1b(iii)
2016	Near Threatened	A2ce;B1ab(iii,v)
2012	Near Threatened	A2ce;B1ab(iii,v)
2008	Near Threatened	A2c,e; B1a+b(iii,v)
2006	Near Threatened
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	11,800 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	40000-100000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2005
Population trend	decreasing	medium	suspected	2015-2030
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	4.93 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: Surveys by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife Fiji in 2002-2005 have shown it to occur at higher population densities than previously assumed. WCS surveys estimated parrot numbers in a lowland forest site at Savura, and although there are various errors and biases in extrapolating these densities, dividing the total forest on Viti Levu into native forest, mahogany and pine plantations at various altitudes suggests that the total population could be in the region of 88,000 birds (with 95% confidence limits of 65,605-108,270) (Jackson and Jit 2004). This is roughly equivalent to 40,000-70,000 mature individuals. In 2007 the breeding population was estimated to number c.50,000 pairs (Jackson and Jit 2007) and the population size is thus placed here in the range 40,000-100,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Forest loss is low but ongoing in this species' range, equivalent to 2-3% in three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). Although forest loss appears to have now stabilised at a lower rate, concern remains over the impact of fragmentation of habitat with continuing forest clearance (Collar and Boesman 2020). The species is therefore precautionarily suspected to be declining, placed here in the range 1-9% in three generations.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Fiji	Greater Tomaniivi
Fiji	Koroyanitu / Vaturu
Fiji	Rairaimatuku Highlands
Fiji	Sovi Basin
Fiji	Viti Levu Southern Highlands

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Unlikely to Return		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Past Impact
		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%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		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: Masked Shining-parrot Prosopeia personata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/masked-shining-parrot-prosopeia-personata 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.