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Taxonomic note
Himalayapsitta himalayana (Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International 2020) was previously listed as Psittacula himalayana (del Hoyo et al. 2014). Braun et al. (2019) report the situation where the parrot genera Psittinus, Tanygnathus and Mascarinus nest genetically within Psittacula, meaning that either Psittacula replaces these latter three genera or it breaks down into monophyletic genera of their own. The latter course is preferred, building on (the overlooked by me and Lynx) Braun et al. (2016), where several genera were established, including Himalayapsitta for P. finschii, P. himalayana, P. roseata and P. cyanocephala.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2020. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	696,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7.91 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally common (del Hoyo et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 0.8% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Bhutan	extant	native
India	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native
Pakistan	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Nepal	Annapurna Conservation Area
Nepal	Barandabhar forests and wetlands
Nepal	Dang Deukhuri foothill forests and west Rapti wetlands
Nepal	Mai Valley forests
Nepal	Makalu Barun National Park
Nepal	Tamur valley and watershed

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	330 - 3300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 600 m

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Slaty-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta himalayana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/slaty-headed-parakeet-himalayapsitta-himalayana 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.