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Taxonomic note
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus has been split into Moluccan Eclectus E. roratus, Sumba Eclectus E. cornelia, Tanimbar Eclectus E. riedeli and Papuan Eclectus E. polychloros. Extensive museum work confirmed the four groups proposed as species on molecular data (Braun et al. 2017) do exceed the threshold of 7 under the Tobias criteria (Tobias et al. 2010) and are therefore accepted as species.

Taxonomic source(s)
Braun, M.P., Reinschmidt, M., Datzmann, T., Waugh, D., Zamora, R., Häbich, A., Neves, L., Gerlach, H., Arndt, T., Mettke-Hofmann, C., Sauer-Gürth, H. 2017. Influences of oceanic islands and the Pleistocene on the biogeography and evolution of two groups of Australasian parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes: Eclectus roratus, Trichoglossus haematodus complex). Rapid evolution and implications for taxonomy and conservation. European Journal of Ecology. 3(2): 47-66.
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,780,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	990000-1100000 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	12.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Recent surveys and estimates indicate that the population of Eclectus polychloros remains large. The species remains common, and in places abundant, throughout the New Guinea mainland, West Papuan Islands, Bismarck Archipelago and many of the Solomon Islands, although it is however, regarded as uncommon on Guadalcanal and the Kai Islands (Collar et al. 2019). The above population estimates were derived from Bell (1982) and Marsden and Symes (2006) population density estimates of 10 individuals/km² and 11.3 inds/km² in the lowland rainforest and hillforest of mainland New Guinea respectively, and assuming only roughly 10-15% of the mapped range is occupied.

Trend justification: It is likely that the population of E. polychloros is displaying a decreasing trend as a result of habitat loss from deforestation and hunting and trapping for the wildlife trade (Collar et al. 2019). Large-scale clearance of lowland forest throughout the Solomon Islands has had a significant impact on the natural habitat of E. polychlorosi, forcing it into cultivated lands as a result (Collar et al. 2019). A steep decline in individuals has also been witnessed over the last 30 years throughout northern Australia, attributable in large part to illegal trapping and trade of the species (Collar et al. 2019). As a result of the witnessed increases in habitat loss, it is reasonable to infer that the population of E. polychloros is declining but that the overall rate of decline is unlikely to approach the threshold for listing as threatened.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes
Solomon Islands	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	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	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Moist	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1900 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	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

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Papuan Eclectus Eclectus polychloros. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/papuan-eclectus-eclectus-polychloros on 29/11/2024.
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 29/11/2024.