A. Species
Scientific name: Platycercus eximius
Common name(s): Eatern Rosella, Rosella parrot, Pretty Joey
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- New Zealand
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: New Zealand, North and South Islands
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1981
End Year: 2006
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from a suitable habitat but not its own natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Collection/display, Conservation Management and Removal of alien invasive pest parrot species, sold into international pet trade.
Motivation of use: Population/Area Management
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local government
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from a suitable habitat but not its own natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Case study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The intention here is to reduce / remove this alien invasive population; however, despite deliberate trapping pressure, the rosella parrot population in NZ remains problematically resilient to control.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Case study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: This introduced parrot species causes economic damage to agriculture, especially orchards. Rosella parrots also pose some ecological threat to native species.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
In order to minimise the chances of parrots being smuggled from Australia or elsewhere and being declared as captive-bred or wild-caught in New Zealand, each export application for parrots is assessed by both the Scientific and Management Authorities of NZ (sing DNA tests).
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
By Rod Hay
New Zealand CITES Scientific Authority.
NDF WORKSHOP CASE STUDIES
WG 6 – Birds
CASE STUDY 3
Platycercus eximius
Country – NEW ZELAND
Date of record entry: 2023-09-29