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The International Parrotlet Society
steady and strong ever since. In the fall of 1992, several shipments The International Currently, the club has over 250 of captive-bred Spectacled Parrotlets members in three different countries. Forpus conspicillatus were imported Parrotlet Society Although most of the members are in the United States from Belgium. breeders, about 20 percent of the Due to their extremely limited num by Sandee Molenda members keep parrotlets as pets only. ber, the International Parrotlet Society Santa Cruz, California Each member receives a bi-monthly decided to sponsor a studbook to newsletter with articles written by ensure the continuing survival of this "'7";;e International Parrotlet Society breeders and pet owners on subjects species in the United States. As of l'i~ a non-profit bird club which is such as nutrition, identification of December 1993, 19 pairs and three dedicated to the breeding, main species and subspecies, breeding single males had been registered. At tenance, education, showing, conser methods, training techniques, hand least six pairs have produced offspring vation and keeping of parrotlets. feeding, banding, parrotlet psychol which are being traded among breed Although current members focus on ogy, color mutations and behavioral ers in order to maintain genetic birds from the genus Forpus, the problems. Members are also encour diversity. International Parrotlet Society also aged to submit individual questions The studbook is involved with the encourages the breeding ofthe genera and concerns in the Shorties column. International Species Inventory Sys Nannopsittaca and Touit. While other members most often tem founded by Dr. Ulysses S. Seal for The club was founded by Sandee respond, several veterinarians are the zoological community. -
TAG Operational Structure
PARROT TAXON ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) Regional Collection Plan 5th Edition 2020-2025 Sustainability of Parrot Populations in AZA Facilities ...................................................................... 1 Mission/Objectives/Strategies......................................................................................................... 2 TAG Operational Structure .............................................................................................................. 3 Steering Committee .................................................................................................................... 3 TAG Advisors ............................................................................................................................... 4 SSP Coordinators ......................................................................................................................... 5 Hot Topics: TAG Recommendations ................................................................................................ 8 Parrots as Ambassador Animals .................................................................................................. 9 Interactive Aviaries Housing Psittaciformes .............................................................................. 10 Private Aviculture ...................................................................................................................... 13 Communication ........................................................................................................................ -
Provisional List of Birds of the Rio Tahuauyo Areas, Loreto, Peru
Provisional List of Birds of the Rio Tahuauyo areas, Loreto, Peru Compiled by Carol R. Foss, Ph.D. and Josias Tello Huanaquiri, Guide Status based on expeditions from Tahuayo Logde and Amazonia Research Center TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae 1. Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2. White- throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus 3. Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus 4. Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 5. Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulates 6. Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus 7. Bartlett’s Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti ANSERIFORMES: Anhimidae 8. Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae 9. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 10. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 11. Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus GALLIFORMES: Cracidae 12. Spix’s Guan Penelope jacquacu 13. Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis 14. Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 15. Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa 16. Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae 17. Marbled Wood-Quall Odontophorus gujanensis 18. Starred Wood-Quall Odontophorus stellatus PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae 19. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae 20. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae 21. Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 22. Agami Heron Agamia agami 23. Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 24. Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus 25. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26. Striated Heron Butorides striata 27. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28. Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 29. Great Egret Ardea alba 30. Cappet Heron Pilherodius pileatus 31. Snowy Egret Egretta thula 32. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae 33. Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 34. Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae 35. Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 36. Wood Stork Mycteria Americana CICONIIFORMES: Cathartidae 37. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 38. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 39. -
Threatened Parrots of the Neotropics
sustain their numbers. Buffon's Macaw: Appendix I. Threatened Parrots Sometimes confused with the Mili tary Macaw. See A.F.A. Watchbird Oct/Nov 1986 and Dec/Jan 1990 for ofthe Neotropics clarification. These birds are seri by Nigel J. Col/ar ously declining throughout their International Council for Bird Preservation range in Central America. Captive Cambridge, United Kingdom breeding is desperately needed. Green-winged Macaws: Appen dix 11. Still being brought into the U.S. Parrots as Problems the deletion of Yellow-sided Parakeet The wild caught birds have proven Parrots are colourful, vegetarian, Pyrrhura hypoxantha (an invalid difficult to breed. Better success is playful and mimetic, so people find species), the relegation of Yellow possible utilizing captive bred birds them attractive, easy to keep, com faced Amazon Amazona xanthops to for breeding. panionable and entertaining. In popu near-threatened status, the promotion Hyacinth Macaws: Appendix I. lar consciousness, they are the most from near-threatened status of White Current population is estimated at high-profile of birds, commonly fea headed Amazon Amazona leuco 2500 to 5000 total population. lllegal tured in advertisements that seek to cephala, and the addition of El Oro trade continues to decimate their assert the tropical authenticity of a Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi, Fuertes' population. Further captive breeding product, and often humourised in Hapalopsittaca fuertesi and Fire is necessary to maintain adequate cartoon form to assure the conviv eyed Parrots H. pyrrhops, Blue amounts ofbirds. iality of and complicity in the experi cheeked Amazona dufresniana and Military Macaws: Appendix I. ence the product offers. Alder Amazons A. -
Volume 2. Animals
AC20 Doc. 8.5 Annex (English only/Seulement en anglais/Únicamente en inglés) REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT TRADE ANALYSIS OF TRADE TRENDS WITH NOTES ON THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF SELECTED SPECIES Volume 2. Animals Prepared for the CITES Animals Committee, CITES Secretariat by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre JANUARY 2004 AC20 Doc. 8.5 – p. 3 Prepared and produced by: UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK UNEP WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE (UNEP-WCMC) www.unep-wcmc.org The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre is the biodiversity assessment and policy implementation arm of the United Nations Environment Programme, the world’s foremost intergovernmental environmental organisation. UNEP-WCMC aims to help decision-makers recognise the value of biodiversity to people everywhere, and to apply this knowledge to all that they do. The Centre’s challenge is to transform complex data into policy-relevant information, to build tools and systems for analysis and integration, and to support the needs of nations and the international community as they engage in joint programmes of action. UNEP-WCMC provides objective, scientifically rigorous products and services that include ecosystem assessments, support for implementation of environmental agreements, regional and global biodiversity information, research on threats and impacts, and development of future scenarios for the living world. Prepared for: The CITES Secretariat, Geneva A contribution to UNEP - The United Nations Environment Programme Printed by: UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK © Copyright: UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre/CITES Secretariat The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNEP or contributory organisations. -
Notes on the Feeding Activity and Diet of the Blue-Fronted Parrotlet (Touit Dilectissima) in North-West Ecuador
Liu & Lyons 1 Boletín SAO Vol. 21 Feeding activity of the Blue-fronted Parrotlet (No. 1) – Pag: evNC4_2012 Notes on the feeding activity and diet of the Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissima) in north-west Ecuador NOTAS SOBRE EL COMPORTAMIENTO Y LA DIETA DEL PERIQUITO FRENTIAZUL (TOUIT DILECTISSIMA) EN EL NOROESTE DE ECUADOR Victoria J. Liu1,2 & Jane A. Lyons1 1 Reserva Las Gralarias c/o Brasil N45-213 y Zamora, Quito, Ecuador. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Current address: Ebstree Road, Seisdon, Wolverhampton, U.K. WV5 7ES. Abstract The ecology and specific feeding habits of wild parrots are poorly known. In this note we report on feeding activity and previously unrecorded behaviour of Blue-fronted Parrotlets, Touit dilectissima, from two observations made at Reserva Las Gralarias, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Feeding behaviour was observed on trees within the plant family Clusiaceae, an important family in montane forests, and notes are made on the conservation implications of these observations. Keywords: behaviour, conservation, diet, parrotlet. Resumen La ecología y los hábitos alimenticios específicos de los loros, son poco conocidos. En esta nota, reportamos la actividad de forrajeo y los comportamientos alimenticios del Periquito Frentiazul, Touit dilectissima, durante dos observaciones realizadas en la Reserva Las Gralarias, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador. El comportamiento de forrajeo fue observado en árboles de la familia Clusiaceae, una familia de plantas importantes en el bosque montano. Nuestras notas discuten las implicaciones de conservación de estas observaciones. Palabras clave: comportamiento, conservación, dieta, periquito. embers of the family Psittacidae are reported to information known for these and two other species; the M feed mainly on seeds, fruits, and flowers (Hilty Brown-backed Parrotlet, Touit melanonota, and Golden- 1994, 2003, Renton 2001), with more information tailed Parrotlet, Touit surdus (Collar 1997, IUCN 2012). -
Bird) Species List
Aves (Bird) Species List Higher Classification1 Kingdom: Animalia, Phyllum: Chordata, Class: Reptilia, Diapsida, Archosauria, Aves Order (O:) and Family (F:) English Name2 Scientific Name3 O: Tinamiformes (Tinamous) F: Tinamidae (Tinamous) Great Tinamou Tinamus major Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei O: Galliformes (Turkeys, Pheasants & Quail) F: Cracidae Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor (Chachalacas, Guans & Curassows) Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps F: Odontophoridae (New World Quail) Black-breasted Wood-quail Odontophorus leucolaemus Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus O: Suliformes (Cormorants) F: Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens O: Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Tropicbirds & Allies) F: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis O: Charadriiformes (Sandpipers & Allies) F: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers) Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius O: Gruiformes (Cranes & Allies) F: Rallidae (Rails) Gray-Cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus O: Accipitriformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey) F: Cathartidae (Vultures & Condors) Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura F: Pandionidae (Osprey) Osprey Pandion haliaetus F: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles & Kites) Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus Red-tailed -
Of Parrots 3 Other Major Groups of Parrots 16
ONE What are the Parrots and Where Did They Come From? The Evolutionary History of the Parrots CONTENTS The Marvelous Diversity of Parrots 3 Other Major Groups of Parrots 16 Reconstructing Evolutionary History 5 Box 1. Ancient DNA Reveals the Evolutionary Relationships of the Fossils, Bones, and Genes 5 Carolina Parakeet 19 The Evolution of Parrots 8 How and When the Parrots Diversified 25 Parrots’ Ancestors and Closest Some Parrot Enigmas 29 Relatives 8 What Is a Budgerigar? 29 The Most Primitive Parrot 13 How Have Different Body Shapes Evolved in The Most Basal Clade of Parrots 15 the Parrots? 32 THE MARVELOUS DIVERSITY OF PARROTS The parrots are one of the most marvelously diverse groups of birds in the world. They daz- zle the beholder with every color in the rainbow (figure 3). They range in size from tiny pygmy parrots weighing just over 10 grams to giant macaws weighing over a kilogram. They consume a wide variety of foods, including fruit, seeds, nectar, insects, and in a few cases, flesh. They produce large repertoires of sounds, ranging from grating squawks to cheery whistles to, more rarely, long melodious songs. They inhabit a broad array of habitats, from lowland tropical rainforest to high-altitude tundra to desert scrubland to urban jungle. They range over every continent but Antarctica, and inhabit some of the most far-flung islands on the planet. They include some of the most endangered species on Earth and some of the most rapidly expanding and aggressive invaders of human-altered landscapes. Increasingly, research into the lives of wild parrots is revealing that they exhibit a corresponding variety of mating systems, communication signals, social organizations, mental capacities, and life spans. -
Forpus Parrotlets Are Dimorphic the Forpus Parrotlet Voice Is More and All but Two Touit Sp
because of its stance and weight. All Forpus parrotlets are dimorphic The Forpus parrotlet voice is more and all but two Touit sp. are dimorphic finch-like thanparrot. They can yell but also. The henForpus parrotlet will have Forpus I have only known them to do so when green under wings and usually a green being handled. They have a tendency to rump. The hen yellow face has the wing • be flighty whenfirst acquiredbutwill, if feathers "tinged" with blue and a given time, settle into quiet cage birds. lighter blue rump than the male. Also anClerS As pet birds the youngsters will tame some of the Pacific hens will have a down and learn to talk. The limitation rump as dark as the males but the under of speech I don't believe has been dis wing will be green. The Touits are not Q) ::0 o covered because most of us enjoy the as general as each individual species has z natural twittering so much. Most of the its own markings. The two species eeu o talking parrotlets I know ofjust learned which are not dimorphic are the T. >, .0 on their own. batavica - seven-colored parrotlet, o (5 .£ Most common of the Forpus parrot and the T. melononata - brown CL lets seems to be the F. coelestis, Pacific backed parrotlet. or celestial. This bird is about 4-1/2 Anyone who is interested in parrot inches inlength, it is grey-green incolor lets or in joining Forpus Fanciers can with a bright green face. The rump and contact me, Carol Noble, Secretary wings are marked with ultramarine Forpus Fanciers, P.O. -
Behavioural Notes on Brown-Backed Parrotlet Touit Melanonotus In
Cotinga 34 Behavioural notes on Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanonotus in Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Rick Simpson and Elis Simpson Received 19 February 2011; final revision accepted 29 January 2012 Cotinga 34 (2012): 19–23 O apuim-de-costas-pretas Touit melanonotus é uma espécie ameaçada de extinção e endêmica da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil. Apresentamos aqui os dados referentes às observações feitas de uma população da espécie no município de Ubatuba, litoral norte do Estado de São Paulo, durante janeiro e fevereiro de 2011. Reportamos os resultados de 96 horas de observação em campo descrevendo detalhes de sua morfologia e sua história natural, a saber: métodos e fonte de alimentação, locomoção pelos galhos, comportamento durante descanso, interação entre indivíduos e com outras espécies de aves. Discorremos sobre os tipos de vocalização emitidas e seu contexto. Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanotus is species. Here we present our findings, the first a globally threatened psittacid endemic to the insights into the species’ ecology. Brazilian Atlantic Forest, where it has been reported from the lowlands and foothills between Methods and Study area sea level and 500 m, occasionally reaching 1,400 All observations were made using binoculars and a m, for example in Itatiaia National Park, Rio telescope. Photographs were taken using a Canon de Janeiro2. It has also been reported from the 50D camera with a fixed-length 300 mm f/4 lens. northern slopes of the Serra da Mantiquera at Videotapes were made using a JVC digital video 1,000 m (F. Olmos in litt. 2011) and from higher camera, and mini DV tapes. -
Forpus Xanthopterygius, Psittacidae) in Response to Fleshy Fruit Availability
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Universidade do Centro Oeste do Paraná (UNICENTRO): Revistas eletrônicas Foraging suggests high behavioral flexibility in the blue-winged parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius, Psittacidae) in response to fleshy fruit availability Forrageamento sugere alta flexibilidade comportamental no tuim-de-casa-azul (Forpus xanthopterygius, Psittacidae) em resposta à disponibilidade de frutos carnosos Paulo Antonio Silva1 (*) Celine Melo2 Abstract Parrots primarily consume seeds and pulp and sometimes flowers, nectar and leaves. Plants usually offer these items seasonally, forcing flexible consumption behavior in parrots, mostly when food is scarce. However, seasonal changes in behavior in the Forpus genus (the small Neotropical parrots) guided by the food supply have still not been identified. Here, we investigate the foraging patterns of Forpus xanthopterygius (the blue-winged parrotlet) and identify the plants and items it consumes. This information, together with data on its occurrence, flock size and dietary niche breadth, were used to elucidate whether the behavioral flexibility of this bird is related to shifts in fleshy fruit availability from the wet to the dry season. The data were obtained during two years of systematic sampling (n = 432) along nine roadside transects located in an anthropogenic landscape. Forpus xanthopterygius consumed the seeds, flowers/nectar and fruit pulp (in this order of preference) of 24 plant species (10 exotics) belonging to 18 families. The dietary niche breadth was narrow, likely because fleshy fruits of Cecropia pachystachya, Maclura tinctoria, and especially Trema micrantha predominated in their diet. Forpus xanthopterygius was shown to be seasonal, being more common in the wet season, when the availability of fleshy fruits was greater. -
PARROT NESTING in SOUTHEASTERN PERU: SEASONAL PATTERNS and KEYSTONE TREES Author(S): DONALD J
PARROT NESTING IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU: SEASONAL PATTERNS AND KEYSTONE TREES Author(s): DONALD J. BRIGHTSMITH Source: The Wilson Bulletin, 117(3):296-305. 2005. Published By: The Wilson Ornithological Society DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/03-087A.1 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1676/03-087A.1 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Wilson Bulletin 117(3):296±305, 2005 PARROT NESTING IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU: SEASONAL PATTERNS AND KEYSTONE TREES DONALD J. BRIGHTSMITH1 ABSTRACT.ÐParrots that inhabit tropical lowland forests are dif®cult to study, are poorly known, and little information is available on their nesting habits, making analysis of community-wide nesting patterns dif®cult. I present nesting records for 15 species of psittacids that co-occur in southeastern Peru. The psittacid breeding season in this area lasted from June to April, with smaller species nesting earlier than larger species.