More than 750 Echo Parakeets (Psittacula eques) now live in the wild in Mauritius, leading to their reclassification from Endangered to Vulnerable in the 2019-3 IUCN Red List update.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by IUCN Red List assessment PDF, BirdLife International, and Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, all independently corroborating population figures and reclassification details.
Sources
- Species recoveries bring hope amidst the biodiversity crisis (iucn.org)
- https://www.birdlife.org/news/2020/01/24/no-longer-endangered-the-echo-parakeets-100-year-recovery-plan/ (birdlife.org)
- https://www.mauritian-wildlife.org/news/2019-12-10/endangered-species-downlisting-of-the-echo-parakeet (mauritian-wildlife.org)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/pdf/154065622 (iucnredlist.org)