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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2016	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2012	Near Threatened	A2cd+3cd+4cd
2008	Near Threatened	A2c,d; A3c,d; A4c,d
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,100,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	2016-2031
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	20-29%	-	-	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon to locally common (Sick 1993, Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been quantified directly, but the population is suspected to be in decline as a consequence of the conversion of its habitat and trapping for the cage-bird trade.
Over three generations (15 years; Bird et al. 2020), 14% of tree cover (with 30% canopy cover) is lost within the range (Global Forest Watch 2021, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein); moreover, large tracts of cerrado habitat in the region have already been converted in the past (Collar and Boesman 2020). The species is additionally locally threatened by trapping for the cage-bird trade, though the impacts of this threat on the population size have not been quantified. Based on the available evidence, the population decline is here tentatively placed in the band 20-29% over three generations, but a more accurate estimate for the rate of decline is urgently required.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Bolivia	Lagunas Rogaguado y Ginebra
Brazil	Alto Rio Juruena
Brazil	Aurora do Tocantins / Taguatinga
Brazil	Botumirim
Brazil	Cerrados ao Sul de Brasília
Brazil	Interflúvio dos Rios das Mortes e Araguaia
Brazil	Jalapão
Brazil	Lizarda
Brazil	Maciço do Urucum e Adjacências
Brazil	Matas Ciliares do Rio do Coco e Afluentes
Brazil	Monumento Natural das Árvores Fossilizadas e Adjacências
Brazil	Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba
Brazil	Nhumirim
Brazil	Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães e Adjacências
Brazil	Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros e Adjacências
Brazil	Parque Nacional das Emas
Brazil	Rios Negro e Aquidauana
Brazil	Serra da Canastra
Brazil	Vale do Rio Palmeiras

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	600 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - 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
Pets/display animals, horticulture	national, international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-faced Parrot Alipiopsitta xanthops. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-faced-parrot-alipiopsitta-xanthops 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.