In the second Red List of birds in Colombia in 2014, 3,385 birds were calculated for that country, using 1/4 lower population density statistics than normal for a number of reasons, but even then the authors state their belief that this is an overestimation, and find a population of 2,500 mature birds in the country more likely. This number includes an estimate of 1,700 birds found in the Colombian part of the Darién region made in the same work. In 1994, the population of macaws in Costa Rica was estimated by Monge "et al". to be at 210 individuals with only 35 to 40 breeding pairs. The estimated population in Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua was calculated to be 1530 individuals by Monge "et al" in 2009. An adjusted estimate of 350 in Costa Rica in 2019 has been derived from that total by including released birds bred in captivity.