AFA Funds Study of to th more than 20,000 already raised to assist these endangered . Guam Crow, Development of a Field Based Hispaniolan Propagation Program for the and . Funding approved - 2 525. Inve tigators: teve Dominican Amazons Amo , Ken Reininger, Jose Ottenwalder by Jack Clinton-Eitniear Jack Clinton-Eitniear and William Hasse. Chairman, Conservation Committee has 73 species ofresident San Antonio, Texas land , the largest of any island in the West Indies. Twenty species are During the 13th Annual Convention endemic to Hi paniola. Charles Woods, of the merican Federation of Avicul­ Ph.D., a researcher from the Florida ture held in eattle Washington 12-16 tate Museum, has conducted extensive ugu t 198 the Board of Directo'r re arch on the Haitian portion of the approved the Conservation Commit­ i land and Ii ts nine pecies of greatest t recommendation to fund three GUCl1n Crou' con er ation concern. Of the nine, con er ation tudie . eight are oftbill, the exception being Breeding Biology of the to the i land and further document the the Hispaniolan parrot. With the Mariana Crow. Funding approved ­ species' reproductive behavior and majority ofspecies that inhabit tropical 3 000. Investigator: Gary A. Michael. inve tigate the po ibility ofe tablishing forests being softbills it is of great Of the 40 true crow in the family th pecies in captivity. A special sub­ concern that our ability to deal with Corvidae, the Mariana or Guam crow committee of the Conser ation Com­ them a iculturally i years behind other (Corvus kubaryi) i on of the lea t mittee has been e tabli hed to deal with avian groups uch a parrot waterfowl tudied and onl the Hawaiian crow thi latter element ofthe program. phea ants and raptor .A propagation (Corvus hawaiiensis) i rarer. Due to the Endangered Amazona Parrots facilit centered at the Parque Zoologico introduction of the bro n tree nake in Commonwealth ofDominica. acional in anto Domingo will address (Boiga irregularis) on th i land of Funding approved - 3,000. Inve ti­ thi i ue u ing the endemic Hi paniolan Guam the Guam crow and oth r a ian gator: Dr. Peter E an . trogon ( roseigaster) as a inhabitant of the i land, ha e been The di tribution ofboth imp rial (A. 'ubject. will be captured under uffering abnormal mortalit rat . In imperialis) and red-necked (A. the supervision ofJose Ottenwalder, 1984 the crow wa one of five pecie arausiaca) Amazon parrots is centered Director of Zoology, Research and Con- and ub pecie endemic to the i land upon the lopes of Morne Diablotin ervation. A specially designed aviary hich were added to the .. Federal Dominica. A population estimate of 300 will be con tructed offexhibit near the ndanger d pecie Ii t. At that time the red-necked parrot wa made in 1984 zoo' paciou walkthrough aviary. Data population a e timated to b around but although there is no recent evidence will b collected a to the ability of the 50 bird . In ept mb r of 1985 Gar for a decline in thi pecie, it i clearly 'pecie to adju t to capti ity a well a ichael tra elled to the i land ofGuam ruIn rabl to the fore t clearance it requirements as the relate to capti e to conduct a t 0 month tud of the hich ha been accelerating 0 er the propagation. A imilar effort began in p ci . During hi tudy h docu­ pa t two to three year. Only 50 imper­ Beliz under the au pice of the Belize m nt d the p ci 'vocalization and ial parrot er e timated in 1984, and Zoo. It i currently on hold until the pr nuptial behavior although the one thi pecie i critically endangered. Dr. relocation ofthe zoo i compl ted. ne t ob erved fail d to produce young. E an ' tudy incIud : 1) carrying out a The Conservation Committee is also The population wa e timated, u ing more accurate cen us of both pecie , working with the various Federal and recording of crow vocalization , to be 2) determining the range of the p ci s, Pu rto Rican authoritie in hope of appro imat I 100 individual being p ciallya it relate to variou tabli hing a captive breeding colony compo ed of a £ a thr immatur t p , and 3) to tabli h an educational of th endangered black-hooded red bird. Gary' curr nt plan ar to return enter. AFA' contribution will b added 'i kin (Carduelis cucullatus) for po - ibl reI a e into the wild in Yen zuela. Dalla John on al 0 reque ted endor e­ m nt of the committee for hi project, involving field tudie and captive pr pagation of the little known yellow­ fac d parrotlet (Forpus xanthops). The ndor ement ha been given and a ub­ committee e tabli hed to deal with this pr j ct. An one intere t d in becoming in­ 1 ed ith th Con ervation Commit­ tee in an capacity or who i int r t d in obtaining th 1987 Con ration Committee R port i ncourag d to rit :Jack CIinton-Eitniear Chairman, EndangeredMariana (Guam) C~ w, (Corvus kubaryi). The species is being inve tigated AFA Con rvation Committee, 218 by GaryMichaels, Chairman, Guam Crow ub-committee and isfunded by a grant on ay, an Antonio, Texa 78209-1716. from the Conservation Fund. U 1 phon (512) 828-5306.•

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