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Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi



Family: Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)

Authority: Rothschild, 1906

Red List Category

Criteria: B1b(ii,iii); C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is suspected of having a moderately small population and range. Threats, while local, are thought to be causing a slow decline in population size as well as the loss and degradation of habitat. Nonetheless, much of its habitat remains in remote forest that is not currently impacted by threats. For these reasons it is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 5000-15000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/wahness-parotia-parotia-wahnesi on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.