The world's most endangered parrots and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's parrots and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona martinicana | Martinique Amazon, Martinique Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona violacea | Guadeloupe Amazon, Guadeloupe Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara atwoodi | Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara erythrocephala | Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara gossei | Jamaican Red Macaw | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara guadeloupensis | Lesser Antillean Macaw | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara tricolor | Cuban Macaw | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga labati | Guadeloupe Parakeet | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Conuropsis carolinensis | Carolina Parakeet | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus ulietanus | Raiatea Parakeet | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus zealandicus | Black-fronted Parakeet | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lophopsittacus bensoni | Mauritius Grey Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lophopsittacus mauritianus | Broad-billed Parrot, Mauritius Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Mascarinus mascarinus | Mascarene Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Necropsittacus rodericanus | Rodrigues Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Nestor productus | Norfolk Island Kaka, Norfolk Kaka | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psephotus pulcherrimus | Beautiful Parakeet, Paradise Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula exsul | Newton's Parakeet | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula wardi | Seychelles Parakeet, Seychelles Parrot | EX | |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona vittata | Puerto Rican Amazon, Puerto Rican Parrot, Red-fronted Amazon | CR | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Anodorhynchus glaucus | Glaucous Macaw | CR | unknown |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara glaucogularis | Blue-throated Macaw | CR | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua haematuropygia | Philippine Cockatoo, Red-vented Cockatoo | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua sulphurea | Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-crested Cockatoo | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna amabilis | Red-throated Lorikeet | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna diadema | New Caledonian Lorikeet | CR | unknown |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna toxopei | Blue-fronted Lorikeet | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanopsitta spixii | Little Blue Macaw, Spix's Macaw | CR | unknown |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus cookii | Norfolk Island Parakeet, Norfolk Parakeet, Tasman Parakeet | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus malherbi | Malherbe's Parakeet, Orange-fronted Parakeet | CR | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Hapalopsittaca fuertesi | Fuertes's Parrot, Indigo-winged Parrot | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Neophema chrysogaster | Orange-bellied Parakeet, Orange-bellied Parrot | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus verticalis | Blue-winged Racket-tail, Blue-winged Racquet-tail | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura griseipectus | Gray-breasted Parakeet, Grey-breasted Parakeet | CR | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Strigops habroptila | Kakapo, Owl Parrot | CR | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona imperialis | Imperial Amazon, Imperial Parrot | EN | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona oratrix | Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-headed Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona rhodocorytha | Red-browed Amazon, Red-browed Parrot, Red-topped Amazon, Red-topped Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona vinacea | Vinaceous Amazon, Vinaceous-breasted Amazon, Vinaceous-breasted Parrot, Vinaceous Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona viridigenalis | Green-cheeked Amazon, Red-crowned Amazon, Red-crowned Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus | Hyacinth Macaw | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Anodorhynchus leari | Indigo Macaw, Lear's Macaw | EN | unknown |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara ambiguus | Great Green Macaw | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara rubrogenys | Red-fronted Macaw | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga brevipes | Socorro Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga solstitialis | Sun Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Brotogeris pyrrhoptera | Gray-cheeked Parakeet, Grey-cheeked Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Calyptorhynchus baudinii | Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-Cockatoo, White-tailed Black-Cockatoo | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Calyptorhynchus latirostris | Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Short-billed Black-Cockatoo, Slender-billed Black-Cockatoo | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus forbesi | Chatham Parakeet, Forbes Parakeet, Forbess Parakeet | EN | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Eos histrio | Red-and-blue Lory | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Eunymphicus uvaeensis | Uvea Parakeet | EN | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Guaruba guarouba | Golden Conure, Golden Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lathamus discolor | Swift Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Loriculus flosculus | Flores Hanging-parrot, Wallace's Hanging Parrot, Wallace's Hanging-Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lorius domicella | Purple-capped Lory, Purple-naped Lory | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Nestor meridionalis | Kaka, New Zealand Kaka | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ognorhynchus icterotis | Yellow-eared Conure, Yellow-eared Parrot | EN | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pezoporus occidentalis | Night Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psephotus chrysopterygius | Golden-shouldered Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula eques | Echo Parakeet, Mascarene Parrakeet, Mauritius Parakeet | EN | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura orcesi | El Oro Conure, El Oro Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura pfrimeri | Pfrimer's Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura viridicata | Santa Marta Conure, Santa Marta Parakeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Thick-billed Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Rhynchopsitta terrisi | Maroon-fronted Parrot | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Touit melanonotus | Black-eared Parrotlet, Brown-backed Parrotlet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Vini kuhlii | Kuhl's Lorikeet, Rimatara Lorikeet, Rimitara Lorikeet | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Vini ultramarina | Ultramarine Lorikeet, Ultramarine Lory | EN | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Agapornis nigrigenis | Black-cheeked Lovebird | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona agilis | Black-billed Amazon, Black-billed Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona arausiaca | Jacquot, Red-necked Amazon, Red-necked Parrot | VU | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona auropalliata | Yellow-naped Amazon, Yellow-naped Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona barbadensis | Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Yellow-shouldered Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona brasiliensis | Red-tailed Amazon, Red-tailed Parrot | VU | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona collaria | Yellow-billed Amazon, Yellow-billed Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona festiva | Festive Amazon, Festive Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona finschi | Lilac-crowned Amazon, Lilac-crowned Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona guildingii | Saint Vincent Amazon, Saint Vincent Parrot, St Vincent Amazon, St. Vincent Amazon, St. Vincent Parrot | VU | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona pretrei | Red-spectacled Amazon, Red-spectacled Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona tucumana | Tucuman Amazon, Tucumán Amazon, Tucuman Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona ventralis | Hispaniolan Amazon, Hispaniolan Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona versicolor | Saint Lucia Amazon, Saint Lucia Parrot, St Lucia Amazon, St. Lucia Amazon, St. Lucia Parrot | VU | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Ara militaris | Military Macaw | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga chloroptera | Hispaniolan Conure, Hispaniolan Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga euops | Cuban Conure, Cuban Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons | Rufous-fronted Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua alba | Umbrella Cockatoo, White Cockatoo | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua moluccensis | Moluccan Cockatoo, Salmon-crested Cockatoo | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua ophthalmica | Blue-eyed Cockatoo | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna palmarum | Palm Lorikeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae | Red-fronted Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus saisseti | New Caledonian Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus unicolor | Antipodes Green Parakeet, Antipodes Island Parakeet, Antipodes Parakeet | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Eos cyanogenia | Biak Red Lory, Black-winged Lory | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Eunymphicus cornutus | Horned Parakeet | VU | increasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Forpus xanthops | Yellow-faced Parrotlet | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Hapalopsittaca amazonina | Rusty-faced Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops | Red-faced Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Leptosittaca branickii | Golden-plumed Conure, Golden-plumed Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lorius garrulus | Chattering Lory, Yellow-backed Lory | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Nestor notabilis | Kea | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pionites leucogaster | White-bellied Parrot | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Primolius couloni | Blue-headed Macaw | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus luconensis | Green-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot, Green-headed Racket-tailed Parrot, Green Racket-tail, Green Racquet-tail | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus platenae | Blue-headed Racket-tail, Blue-headed Racquet-tail | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prosopeia splendens | Crimson Shining-parrot, Crimson Shining Parrot, Crimson Shining-Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittaculirostris salvadorii | Salvadori's Fig-parrot, Salvadori's Fig-Parrot, Yellow-cheeked Fig Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacus erithacus | Grey Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacus timneh | Timneh Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittrichas fulgidus | Pesquet's Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrilia vulturina | Vulturine Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura albipectus | White-breasted Parakeet, White-necked Conure, White-necked Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura calliptera | Brown-breasted Parakeet, Flame-winged Conure, Flame-winged Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura cruentata | Blue-throated Parakeet, Ochre-marked Parakeet, Red-eared Conure | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura lepida | Pearly Parakeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura perlata | Crimson-bellied Parakeet | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Tanygnathus gramineus | Black-lored Parrot | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Touit costaricensis | Red-fronted Parrotlet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Touit huetii | Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Touit stictopterus | Spot-winged Parrotlet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Touit surdus | Golden-tailed Parrotlet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Vini peruviana | Blue Lorikeet, Tahitian Lorikeet, Violet Lorikeet | VU | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Vini stepheni | Henderson Lorikeet, Stephen's Lorikeet | VU | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Agapornis fischeri | Fischer's Lovebird | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Agapornis lilianae | Lilian's Lovebird | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Alipiopsitta xanthops | Yellow-faced Amazon, Yellow-faced Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona dufresniana | Blue-cheeked Amazon, Blue-cheeked Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona kawalli | Kawall's Amazon, Kawall's Parrot, White-cheeked Amazon | NT | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Amazona leucocephala | Bahamas Parrot, Caribbean Amazon, Cuban Amazon, Cuban Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aprosmictus jonquillaceus | Jonquil Parrot, Olive-shouldered Parrot, Timor Red-winged Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga auricapillus | Golden-capped Conure, Golden-capped Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Aratinga erythrogenys | Red-masked Conure, Red-masked Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cacatua goffiniana | Goffin's Cockatoo, Tanimbar Cockatoo, Tanimbar Corella | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna margarethae | Duchess Lorikeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna meeki | Meek's Lorikeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Charmosyna multistriata | Streaked Lorikeet, Striated Lorikeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Cyanoramphus auriceps | Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Yellow-fronted Kakariki | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Eos reticulata | Blue-streaked Lory | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Loriculus catamene | Sangihe Hanging-parrot, Sangihe Hanging Parrot, Sangihe Hanging-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Loriculus exilis | Pygmy Hanging Parrot, Red-billed Hanging-parrot, Red-billed Hanging-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Loriculus pusillus | Yellow-throated Hanging-parrot, Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot, Yellow-throated Hanging-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Loriculus tener | Green-fronted Hanging-parrot, Green-fronted Hanging Parrot, Green-fronted Hanging-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Lorius albidinucha | White-naped Lory | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Micropsitta geelvinkiana | Geelvink Pygmy-parrot, Geelvink Pygmy Parrot, Geelvink Pygmy-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Nannopsittaca dachilleae | Amazonian Parakeet, Amazonian Parrotlet, Manu Parrotlet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Polytelis alexandrae | Alexandra's Parrot, Princess Of Wales Parakeet, Princess Parrot | NT | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Primolius maracana | Blue-winged Macaw | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus flavicans | Yellow-breasted Racket-tail, Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail, Yellowish-breasted Racquet-tail | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus montanus | Luzon Racquet-tail, Montane Racket-tail, Montane Racquet-tail | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prioniturus waterstradti | Mindanao Racquet-tail | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Prosopeia personata | Masked Shining-parrot, Masked Shining Parrot, Masked Shining-Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula caniceps | Blyth's Parakeet, Nicobar Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula derbiana | Derbyan Parakeet, Lord Derby's Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittacula longicauda | Long-tailed Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psitteuteles iris | Iris Lorikeet, Iris Lory | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Psittinus cyanurus | Blue-rumped Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrilia aurantiocephala | Bald Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrilia barrabandi | Orange-cheeked Parrot | NT | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrilia caica | Caica Parrot | NT | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrilia pyrilia | Saffron-headed Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura devillei | Blaze-winged Parakeet | NT | stable |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura leucotis | Maroon-faced Parakeet, White-eared Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Pyrrhura rupicola | Black-capped Parakeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Tanygnathus lucionensis | Blue-naped Parrot | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Trichoglossus johnstoniae | Johnstone's Lorikeet, Mindanao Lorikeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Trichoglossus rubiginosus | Pohnpei Lorikeet | NT | decreasing |
| PSITTACIDAE | Triclaria malachitacea | Blue-bellied Parrot, Purple-bellied Parrot | NT | decreasing |
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