6 thoughts on “Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma): Revise global status?”
Whilst blue-winged parrots are reliant on woodland for breeding habitat, many South Australian records are within coastal saltmarsh and other coastal habitats, and these would appear to be important as with many other Neophemas.
The threat of climate change related sea-level rise on saltmarsh and coastal habitat as the range of coastal development threats should be identified.
Note that there is Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Conservation Advice for the listed threatened ecological community of Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh, the conservation assessment for this species should specifically reference the threats identified for this ecological community and the identified habitat conservation actions and mitigation. https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities/pubs/118-conservation-advice.pdf
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 21 February 2022. We will now analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’s Red List status on this page on 21 February 2022, when discussions will re-open.
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2022.1 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 27 February 2022, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
I agree with the comment about the importance of saltmarsh as non-breeding habitat. This applies in Victoria and northern Tasmania as well as in South Australia. It also applies to birds that move far inland in the winter, almost always in chenopod shrublands (saltmarsh). The effects of drought and other pressures on saltmarsh productivity are not well understood.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 7 March 2022.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Blue-winged Parrot is recommended to be listed as Vulnerable under Criteria A2bc+4bc.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2022.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Whilst blue-winged parrots are reliant on woodland for breeding habitat, many South Australian records are within coastal saltmarsh and other coastal habitats, and these would appear to be important as with many other Neophemas.
The threat of climate change related sea-level rise on saltmarsh and coastal habitat as the range of coastal development threats should be identified.
Note that there is Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Conservation Advice for the listed threatened ecological community of Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh, the conservation assessment for this species should specifically reference the threats identified for this ecological community and the identified habitat conservation actions and mitigation.
https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities/pubs/118-conservation-advice.pdf
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 21 February 2022. We will now analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’s Red List status on this page on 21 February 2022, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2022.1 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 27 February 2022, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
I agree with the comment about the importance of saltmarsh as non-breeding habitat. This applies in Victoria and northern Tasmania as well as in South Australia. It also applies to birds that move far inland in the winter, almost always in chenopod shrublands (saltmarsh). The effects of drought and other pressures on saltmarsh productivity are not well understood.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested by so many people in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the new information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 7 March 2022.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Blue-winged Parrot is recommended to be listed as Vulnerable under Criteria A2bc+4bc.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2022.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2022.1 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in July 2022, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.