Because it tends to require large trees to provide the hollows required for nesting, it is very sensitive to the removal of large trees, and BirdLife International in its 2013 review uplisted the species to Endangered because it is now believed that the actual population, previously estimated at around 10,000, stands actually as low as 2,500 and continuously declining.
Como adoita necesitar grandes árbores para utilizar os seus ocos para aniñar, é moi sensible á eliminación das grandes árbores, e a BirdLife International na súa publicación de 2013 clasificou esta especie como en perigo porque se cre que a actual poboación, antes estimada nuns 10 000 individuos, é de só 2 500 e segue descendendo.