 As most parrots, the Moluccan king parrot is listed in Appendix II of CITES.Until recently, only the subspecies "A. a. amboinensis" and "A. a. hypophonius" were regularly seen in aviculture, but "A. a. buruensis" and "A. a. dorsalis" are now also present, at least in zoos.It has regularly been bred in captivity, for example in Denmark.