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Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 214; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.016

1873-2917

Igor Berkunsky, Petra Quillfeldt, Donald J. Brightsmith, Maria Cecília Abbud, Juan Manuel Ruiz Esparza Aguilar, U. Alemán-Zelaya, Rosana Aramburú, Adrián Arce Arias, Roan McNab, Thorsten J. S. Balsby, J.M. Barredo Barberena, Steven R. Beissinger, Marina Rosales Benites de Franco, Karl S. Berg, Carlos Bianchi, Éric Blanco, Alejandro Bodrati, Carlos Bonilla-Ruz, Esteban Botero‐Delgadillo, Sonia B. Canavelli, Renato Caparroz, Rosana Cepeda, Olivier Chassot, Claudia Cinta-Magallón, Kristina L. Cockle, Gonzalo Daniele, Carlos Barros de Araújo, A. Estela Barbosa, Leiliany Negrão de Moura, Hugo del Castillo, Soledad Díaz, José A. Díaz‐Luque, Leo R. Douglas, Airam Rodríguez, Rony García-Anleu, James D. Gilardi, Pablo Grilli, Juan Carlos Guix, Mónica Piceno, Abel Hernández-Muñoz, Fernando Hiraldo, Eric Horstman, Ricardo Ibarra Portillo, Juan Pablo Isacch, Jaime E. Jiménez, LoraKim Joyner, Marcos Juárez, Federico Pablo Kacoliris, Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, Louri Klemann, Steven C. Latta, A.T.K. Lee, Arne J. Lesterhuis, Martín Lezama-López, Camile Lugarini, Germán Marateo, Claudia Marinelli, Jaime Martínez, Mark Stephen McReynolds, Cordoncillo Urbina, Guisselle Monge-Arias, Tiberio C. Monterrubio‐Rico, A. P. F. Nunes, FdP Nunes, Christian Andrés Olaciregui, Jessica Ortega-Argüelles, Erica Pacífico, Luís G. Pagano, Natalia Politi, Gabriela Ponce‐Santizo, Héctor Orlando Portillo Reyes, Nêmora Pauletti Prestes, Flávia T. Presti, Katherine Renton, Gladys Reyes-Macedo, Eva Ringler, Luis Rivera, Adriana Rodríguez‐Ferraro, A.M. Rojas-Valverde, R.E. Rojas-Llanos, Yamel Rubio–Rocha, André Becker Simões Saidenberg, Alejandro Salinas‐Melgoza, Virginia Sanz, H. Martin Schaefer, Pedro Scherer-Neto, Gláucia Helena Fernandes Seixas, Patrícia Pereira Serafini, Luís Fábio Silveira, Elenise Sipinski, Marina Somenzari, dorita susanibar, José L. Tella, Claudia Torres-Sovero, Clara Trofino-Falasco, Renzo Vargas-Rodríguez, Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes, Thomas H. White, Samuel R. Williams, Rebecca Zarza, Juan F. Masello,

Plant and animal studies

Psittaciformes (parrots, cockatoos) are among the most endangered birds, with 31% of Neotropical species under threat. The drivers of this situation appear to be manifold and mainly of anthropogenic origin. However, this assessment is based on the last extensive consultation about the conservation situation of parrots carried out in the 1990s. Given the rapid development of anthropogenic threats, updated data are needed to strategize conservation actions. Using a population approach, we addressed this need through a wide-ranging consultation involving biologists, wildlife managers, government agencies and non-governmental conservation organizations. We gathered up-to-date information on threats affecting 192 populations of 96 Neotropical parrot species across 21 countries. Moreover, we investigated associations among current threats and population trends. Many populations were affected by multiple threats. Agriculture, Capture for the Pet Trade, Logging, each of them affected > 55% of the populations, suggesting a higher degree of risk than previously thought. In contrast to previous studies at the species level, our study showed that the threat most closely associated with decreasing population trends is now Capture for the local Pet Trade. Other threats associated with decreasing populations include Small-holder Farming, Rural Population Pressure, Nest Destruction by Poachers, Agro-industry Grazing, Small-holder Grazing, and Capture for the international Pet Trade. Conservation actions have been implemented on < 20% of populations. Our results highlight the importance of a population-level approach in revealing the extent of threats to wild populations. It is critical to increase the scope of conservation actions to reduce the capture of wild parrots for pets.