Conservation
- Not globally threatened
- Uncommon to fairly common or common
- The most widespread and abundant of the Andean fruiteaters and ecologically the most tolerant
- Occurs in several reserves and other protected areas (Snow 2004)
- 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern (BirdLife International 2009)