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Amazon Parrot March 2013 SSqquuaawwkk TTaallkk Inside this Issue 1.Stolen Birds Bird of the Month: Amazons 2 Lost Bird Alert 3 Botanical Gardens 4 General Meeting Minutes 5 Board Meeting Minutes 6 Ads and Sponsors 7 The Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club and Rescue Mission seek to promote an interest in companion birds through communication with and education of pet owners, breeders and the general public. In addition, the CBCBC&RM strives to promote the welfare of all birds by CBCBC&RM providing monetary donations for the rescue and rehabilitation of wild birds and by placing abused, abandoned, lost or displaced companion birds in foster care until permanent adoptive homes can be found. Stolen Birds Dianna Wray • • Anyone who has information about the Originally published March 7, 2013 birds is asked to call 361-573-3836 or go at 8:21 p.m., updated March 8, 2013 to Earthworks, 102 E. Airline Road. Ask at 2 p.m. for Laurie Garretson. Mattie, the red-tailed African gray parrot, always greeted Laurie Garretson when she walked into Earthworks Nursery. Monday morning, there was no call of "hello" from Mattie. Her cage was empty, and the cage that held Gilbert, a green Mexican parrot, was gone. "They're a part of our family," Garretson said. "It just makes me sick that people can do things like this." The back door of the nursery was broken open, and two of Garretson's birds, Mattie REWARD and Gilbert, were gone. • A reward is being offered for any information leading to the return of Mattie, Garretson and her husband, Mark a red-tailed African gray parrot, and Garretson, started taking in birds more than Gilbert, a green Mexican parrot. 20 years ago after someone came to them with some doves they didn't want. The • Anyone who has information about the couple took the birds and kept them at their birds is asked to call 361-573-3836 or go nursery. to ... Over the years, more birds followed. Garretson received Mattie about two years REWARD ago from a friend who loved the bird but knew she couldn't keep her. She made • A reward is being offered for any Garretson promise she'd never give her information leading to the return of Mattie, away. a red-tailed African gray parrot, and Gilbert, a green Mexican parrot. Gilbert has been with the couple for more than 14 years. Gilbert was given to the Garretsons by a "I'd love to know they're OK. I can't stop woman who was terrified of birds and kept thinking, 'Are they OK?' If I just knew Gilbert outside through the harsh Hill someone was taking good care of them, it Country winters, constantly covered in a wouldn't be OK, but it would help," she tarp. The woman called Garretson and said. asked her whether there was anything she could do. Garretson and her husband called the police and filed a report, but she said she's The woman couldn't keep the bird, she told trying not to let herself have too much Garretson, but she didn't want it to die. hope that the birds will be returned. Garretson talked to her husband, and he "They mean a lot to us, and they meant a flew a plane up to the Hill Country, picked lot to the people who gave them to us," she up Gilbert and flew him back. The parrot said. was traumatized by his experience, and he developed a habit of plucking off his The couple is offering a reward for feathers. information leading to the return of the birds. "He looked like a little naked chicken with green feathers," Garretson said. "Little The birds can be difficult with people they Gilbert, he loved to get on my shoulder, don't know, Garretson said. and he loved to have his head scratched. He would literally purr like a cat." She said she's hoping that if the birds prove to be too difficult, they will be dropped off She and her husband found the back door in their cages at the nursery's backdoor demolished when they came to work rather than released into the wild, where Monday morning. they will not be able to survive. Since then, she's been hoping that whoever "It's horrible to be robbed, period, but to took Mattie and Gilbert will be kind to take little birds from someone," she said. them and take good care of them. Amazon parrot Amazon parrots Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva), illustration by Keulemans, 1891 Amazon parrot is the common name for a parrot of the genus Amazona. These are medium-size parrots native to the New World ranging from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean. Most Amazon parrots are predominantly Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) green, with accenting colors that depend on Scientific classification the species and can be quite vivid. They feed Kingdom: Animalia primarily on seeds, nuts, and fruits, supplemented by leafy matter. Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Many Amazon parrots have a remarkable Order: Psittaciformes ability to mimic human speech and other Superfamily: Psittacoidea sounds. Partly because of this they are Family: Psittacidae popular as pets or companion parrots, and a small industry has developed in breeding Subfamily: Arinae parrots in captivity for this market. This Tribe: Androglossini popularity has led to many parrots being Genus: Amazona taken from the wild to the extent that some Lesson, 1830 species have become threatened. CITES Diversity treaties have made trapping wild parrots for c. 30 species[1] the pet trade illegal to protect wild populations. Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Amazona barbadensis Blue-fronted Amazon, Amazona Classification aestiva Further information: List of Amazon parrots Yellow-crowned Amazon, Amazona ochrocephala Cuban Amazon, Amazona o Panama Amazon, Amazona leucocephala ochrocephala panamensis Yellow-billed Amazon, Amazona Yellow-naped Amazon, Amazona collaria auropalliata Hispaniolan Amazon, Amazona Yellow-headed Amazon, Amazona ventralis oratrix Puerto Rican Amazon, Amazona Kawall's Amazon, Amazona kawalli vittata Orange-winged Amazon, Amazona Yucatan Amazon, Amazona amazonica xantholora Scaly-naped Amazon, Amazona White-fronted Amazon, Amazona mercenaria albifrons Mealy Amazon, Amazona farinosa Black-billed Amazon, Amazona Vinaceous-breasted Amazon, agilis Amazona vinacea Tucumán Amazon, Amazona Saint Lucia Amazon, Amazona tucumana versicolor Red-spectacled Amazon, Amazona Red-necked Amazon, Amazona pretrei arausiaca Red-crowned Amazon, Amazona Saint Vincent Amazon, Amazona viridigenalis guildingii Lilac-crowned Amazon, Amazona Imperial Amazon, Amazona finschi imperialis Red-lored Amazon, Amazona autumnalis The taxonomy of the Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala complex) o Lilacine Amazon, Amazona is disputed, with some authorities only autumnalis lilacina listing a single species (A. ochrocephala), Blue-cheeked Amazon, Amazona while others split it into as many as three dufresniana species (A. ochrocephala, A. auropalliata Red-browed Amazon, Amazona and A. oratrix). The split is primarily based rhodocorytha on differences related to extension of yellow Red-tailed Amazon, Amazona to the plumage and the colour of bill and legs. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA do brasiliensis not support the traditional split.[2] Festive Amazon, Amazona festiva Re-classification of the Yellow-faced Parrot The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) was traditionally placed within this genus of Amazon parrots, but recent research has shown that it is closer to the Short-tailed Parrot and the species from the genus Pionus, resulting in it being transferred to the monotypic genus Orange-winged Amazons in a cage with toys Alipiopsitta.[3][4] The Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-naped Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, and Blue-fronted Amazon are some of the Amazon parrot species which are commonly Hypothetically extinct species kept as pets. Amazon parrots, together with macaws, and the African Grey Parrot are all Populations of Amazon parrots that lived on known for their exceptional vocal abilities, the Caribbean islands of Martinique and playfulness, and dexterity with their feet. Guadeloupe are now extinct. It is not known Well trained parrots can be loyal if they were separate species, subspecies, or companions, and they can live for 50 years if they originated from parrots introduced to or sometimes more in captivity. However, the islands by humans, and so they are some amazons—even well trained ones— regarded as hypothetical extinct species. can become aggressive, possibly during There are no surviving remains of them, and mating season. In order to maintain health their taxonomy may never be established. and happiness, pet parrots require much Populations of several parrot species were more training than domesticated animals described mainly in the unscientific writings such as dogs or even cats. They require of early travelers, and subsequently understanding, manipulative toys, and scientifically described by several naturalists rewards for good pet-like behavior, or they (to have their names linked to the species can develop quite aggressive behaviors. that they were proposing) mainly in the They have a strong, innate need to chew, twentieth century, with no more evidence and thus require safe, destructible toys. than the earlier observations and without specimens.[5] Gallery Martinique Amazon, Amazona martinica (hypothetical extinct Extant species species). A.H. Clark, 1905.[5] Guadeloupe Amazon, Amazona violacea (hypothetical extinct species). Originally called Psittacus violaceus by J.F. Gmelin in 1789.[5] Aviculture Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) Saint Vincent Amazon Hypothetical extinct species (Amazona guildingii) Martinique Amazon (Amazona martinica) White-fronted Amazon male (Amazona albifrons) name for Salvatoria Miranda- Ribeiro. Ararajuba: Rev. Brasileira de Ornitologia. V. 14, n 2, pp. 91– 93. External links Guadeloupe Amazon The Amazona Society (Amazona violacea) Amazon Parrot Training Amazon Parrots Article References 1.
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