Current view: Data table and detailed info
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.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
Land-mass type |
continent
|
Average mass |
- |
Population justification: The population size has not been quantified.
Trend justification: The species is assessed as being in decline as a consequence of the loss of its habitat. Over the past three generations (11.6 years), roughly 15% of tree cover was lost within the range (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Even though the species appears to have some degree of tolerance to habitat degradation (A. Lees in litt. 2011) it appears to prefer the interior of extensive forest patches (Portes et al. 2011, D. M. Lima in litt. 2022), and therefore it is assumed that population declines were aggravated by habitat degradation. It is here tentatively suspected that forest degradation proceeded at half the rate of tree cover loss, so that the total habitat loss amounted to 22-23% over the last three generations. Assuming that population declines are roughly equivalent to habitat loss, the population may have declined by 20-29% over the same period. Tree cover loss has been accelerating since 2016 to a rate equivalent to 23% over three generations (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Under the assumption that forest degradation is likewise accelerating to 50% of the rate of tree cover loss, i.e. to 11-12% over three generations, the overall rate of habitat loss may now be 34-35% over three generations. The current rate of population decline is therefore placed in the band 30-39% over three generations.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pearly Parakeet Pyrrhura lepida. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pearly-parakeet-pyrrhura-lepida 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.