Red-headed Parrotfinch

About the Red-headed Parrotfinch
Also known as: Red-crowned Parrotfinch, Royal Parrotfinch
Red-headed Parrotfinch

The Red-faced Parrotfinch is a species of finch endemic to islands in Polynesia. These beautiful small finches live in a subtropical or tropical lowland forest habitat.

Because of their beauty and for their active nature, Red-faced Parrotfinches are popular in aviculture. It has a stable population in the wild, with a conservation status of Least Concern as of December 2012.

Details & Statistics

Range

Conservation

The Red-headed Parrotfinch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and was last assessed in 2012 by BirdLife International. Although this species may have a restricted range, it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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