Editing True parrot (section)

==Conservation status==
Many species are classified as [[threatened]] by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (see [[IUCN Red List]] of birds), as well as national and nongovernmental organizations. Trade in birds and other wild animals is governed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).  Nearly all parrots are listed on CITES appendices, trade limited or prohibited. [[Animal trapping|Trapping]] wild parrots for the [[wildlife trade|pet trade]], [[hunting]], [[habitat loss]], and [[competition]] from [[invasive species]] have diminished wild populations, with parrots being subjected to more exploitation than any other group of birds.<ref>Snyder, N; McGowan, P;  Gilardi, J;  & A Grajal (2000), ''[http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourpublication/papfiles/ Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 2000-2004]''. Chapter 1. vii. [[IUCN]] {{ISBN|2-8317-0504-5}}. Chapter 1. vii.</ref>  Of the animals removed from the wild to be sold, very few survive during capture and transport, and those that do often die from poor conditions of captivity, poor diet, and stress.  Measures taken to conserve the habitats of some high-profile [[charismatic megafauna|charismatic species]] have also protected many of the less charismatic species living in the same [[ecosystem]]s.<ref name="Chapter2p12">Snyder, N; McGowan, P; Gilardi, J; & A Grajal (2000), ''[http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourpublication/papfiles/ Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 2000-2004]''. Chapter 1. vii. [[IUCN]] {{ISBN|2-8317-0504-5}}. Chapter 2. page 12.</ref>

About 18 species of parrots have gone extinct since 1500 (see [[List of extinct birds#Psittaciformes]]), nearly all in superfamily Psittacoidea.