Eos squamata is a chordate, or more specifically a bird, in the Psittacidae family.

Eos squamata is commonly known (its common name) as the Violet-Necked Lory in English.

Eos squamata is classified as least concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Eos squamata is (Boddaert, 1783) (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Eos squamata is found in the following countries:

Indonesia (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Eos squamata: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove (IUCN Red List).

Range: This species has an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 20,000-50,000 km. It has a large global population estimated to be 100,000-500,000 individuals (del Hoyo et al. 1997). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Eos squamata is listed as LC ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Eos squamata's status was assessed in 2004 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Eos squamata's Red List status was evaluated by BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Eos squamata is listed by IUCN as Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Eos squamata is listed by IUCN for the following: This species has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,00050,000 km. It has a large global population estimated to be 100,000500,000 individuals (del Hoyo et al. 1997). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. (IUCN Red List).

Red List History: Eos squamata was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988 (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Eos squamata:

Citations listed by IUCN

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places:
For References from A–L.
For References from M–Z.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Eos squamata (IUCN Red List).

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