Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: (Boddaert, 1783)

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
Once numbering only 13 birds in the wild, this parrot has been saved from extinction. Conservation action has increased the population since 1975, but it remains Critically Endangered because the number of mature individuals remains tiny. Hurricanes Irma and Maria had significant detrimental impacts on the ongoing population recovery and trends are currently uncertain. If the remaining population and future released birds continue to breed in the wild and numbers remain stable or increase, the species may warrant downlisting in the future.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial