Justification This species has small range, and is undergoing a continuing decline owing to ongoing forest loss. However, the populations are not yet severely fragmented or restricted to few locations. Hence the species is listed as Near Threatened.

Family/Sub-family Psittacidae

Species name author Cassin, 1853

Taxonomic source(s) Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

Identification

Population estimate

Population trend

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

Country endemic?

45,000

decreasing

11,300 km²

Yes

Range & population Prioniturus flavicans is known with certainty only from the eastern two-thirds of the northern peninsula (Minahasa) of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with populations on adjacent islands including the Togian Islands. It has a limited area of occupancy on the peninsula, given that the extent of its lowland forest habitat is c.11,300 km², and the world population is in the order of 45,000 birds. Its numbers are declining.

Ecology: It is generally found in primary forest below 1,000 m but it will range as high as 1,900 m and use trees in cultivated areas. It forages in mid-storey lowland and hill forest, gathering in fruiting trees. The only recorded nest was situated in a cavity in the rootball of an arboreal epiphytic fern¹.

Threats Declines are attributed to high rates of habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation.

Conservation measures underway CITES Appendix II.

Conservation measures proposed Assess the threats to this species. Calculate rates of forest loss in the lowlands of northern Sulawesi. Investigate the species's level of dependence on forest habitats. Effectively protect significant areas of suitable forest at key sites, in both strictly protected areas and community led multiple use areas.

References BirdLife International (2001). Juniper and Parr (1998). 1. Walker and Seroji (2000).

Further web sources of information

Fully detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001), together with new information collated since the publication of the Red Data Book

Text account compilers Phil Benstead (BirdLife International), Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International)

IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Mike Crosby (BirdLife International)

Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Prioniturus flavicans. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/2/2010

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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