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Salmon-crested cockatoo
Cacatua moluccensis

Cacatรบa Moluqueรฑa

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Description

40 to 50 cm.. length and a weight of up to 900 gr.
The plumage of the Salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) is predominantly white, except the tuft, that consists of red feathers that is usually when the bird is excited.

The interior of the wings is light salmon color. The the tail feathers they have a yellow-orange and pink color at the base.
The bill is strong, curved and black. The legs also are of color black. A skin bare of color white blue surrounds them eyessexual dimorphism It is in the color of your eyes. Males have dark eyes while females have them red.
The immature are like adults.

Habitat:

Video – "Salmon-crested cockatoo" (Cacatua moluccensis)

moluccan cockatoo

It shows preference for forests. It is from sea level up to the 1200 metres of elevation. In noisy roosts, during the breeding season, alone or in couples; at other times are found in groups of up to 16 birds. Species usually shy. You enable in the early morning and at dusk.

Reproduction:

The breeding season exact in the nature is unknown, but the activity of nesting It has observed in mayo, July and August, When the birds are usually seen alone or in pairs. The nests are built in large trees, taking advantage of holes in the trunks to 25 meters above the ground. The implementation size in captivity is from one to three, usually two, the eggs, they are incubated by both parents for 28 to 29 days.

Food:

With feeds fruit, grains, seeds, berries, vegetables and dried fruits. It has a peak strong, able to break the hard shells.
Probably also feed on insects and their larvae and from time to time in the coconut plantations, where Peck young fruits, to reach the water and the meat of the content.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 33.800 km2

Lives in the Plains to low height in the islands of the South of the Moluccas in Indonesian, Islands of Ceram, Saparua and Haruku.
It was introduced on the neighbouring island of Ambon.

Conservation:

State of conservation โ“˜


Vulnerable Vulnerable โ“˜ (UICN)โ“˜

โ€ข Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Vulnerable.

โ€ข Population trend: Decreasing.

Is in the list of species at risk of CIPA (International Council for the protection of birds). It became part of the I in 1989 of the CITES and, in Europe, is covered by the program of protection of the species in extinction (EEP).

Their main threats they are the illegal trade (in great measure responsibility of Indonesian) and deforestation, that has led to a dramatic loss of habitat.

In 1982, exported a total of 6.413 birds, around the 15% of all local poultry exports, Since this species is still very desired as a companion bird.

Although the international trade reported fell to zero in the Decade of 1990, them hunters will have maintained very active and the birds are sold openly in Indonesian.

Just 62.400 Salmon-crested cockatoo in the world according to the FWS Federal Register.

In the news Loro Parque Foundation has a "field project" underway for its protection and survival in its country of origin, We hope that this great work to proceed and succeed.

"Salmon-crested cockatoo" in captivity:

In captivity is quite rare and face, but he has adapted well and plays smoothly in the spaces provided.

As a pet is simply exceptional for its docility. The only drawback is the noise it emits at times when its demands are not immediately met.

Despite their exceptional behavior, we should not consider the possession of this cockatoo as a cage bird of this wonderful bird. Trade can lead in a few years to extinction.

Alternative names:

Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Moluccan Cockatoo, Rose cackatoo (ingles).
Cacatoรจs ร  huppe rouge, Cacatoรจs des Moluques (francรฉs).
Molukkenkakadu (alemรกn).
Cacatua-das-molucas (portuguรฉs).
Cacatรบa Copete Encarnado, Cacatรบa Moluqueรฑa, Cacatรบa de las Molucas (espaรฑol).

Gmelin Johann Friedrich
Gmelin Johann Friedrich

Clasificaciรณn cientรญfica:


Orden: Psittaciformes
Familia: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cacatua
Nombre cientรญfico: Cacatua moluccensis
Citation: (Gmelin, 1788)
Protรณnimo: Psittacus moluccensis


Imรกgenes Cacatรบa Moluqueรฑa:



Especies del gรฉnero Cacatua

Fuentes:
Avibase
– Parrots of the World โ€“ Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Par
– Birdlife

– Fotos: de.wikipedia.org, Wikimedia

– Sonidos: Frank Lambert (xeno-canto)

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White-crowned Parrot
Pionus senilis

White-crowned Parrot

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Anatomy-parrots

Description:

24 cm.. length and a weight between 193-229 g..

The White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) has the forecrown, crown and lores, white. The feathers of the cheeks, sides head, behind eyes, and rear of the neck, basically pale bluish green with green or blue violet and blue subterminal band darker margins, giving the whole a intricate scaly appearance.

Mantle and back, green with copper plating shine; rump and uppertail-coverts, brighter green; scapulars basically colored green with coppery bronze in the points and outerweb. Lesser coverts and median, bronze with paler tips coppery, giving a mottled appearance; primary coverts, violet blue; greater coverts green. Primaries and secondaries outer, violet blue with green tips to outerweb of the primaries and inner secondary.

Under, the wings pale bluish green. Patch in chin and top of the throat, white; feathers of the chest, green at the base (mostly hidden part) tipped dark blue or violet-blue and blue band paler, giving the whole a scalloped effect; undertail-coverts red. Tail green in the center, outer feathers blue with red at base. Bill pale yellow color with light green tint; eye ring Pink; irises dark brown: legs yellowish gray.

Both sexes are similar. The immature has the head, the back of the neck and the chest, green, pale yellow with margins in the cheeks and crown, giving a pale mottling.

Note:

The subspecies decoloratus, which was distributed from yucatan peninsula to western Panama, previously recognized on the basis of their throat more purple (less blue) and your chest and wings, more blue. But, There is not much geographic variation in the species Pionus senilis and the aforementioned characters are not consistent on the proposed range.

  • Sound of the White-crowned Parrot.

Habitat:

The habitat of the Senile Parrot is mainly the humid forest (including tropical rain forest), but locally it can be found in forests of oak pine, and low mountain forest. Birds have been reported in forest edges, cultivated areas and grassland areas with scattered trees, plantations, secondary forest with emergent trees, woodlands and streams in Costa Rica, on the edge of urban areas.

Lives mainly in lowlands, but they are distributed locally 2.300 meters in Guatemala and near 1.600 meters in Costa Rica 1.800 meters in Panama. gregarious, mostly in pairs or out of breeding season, in small herds; sometimes in larger meetings of up to several hundred birds.

Reproduction:

Build your nests in tree cavities or hollow trunks of palm trees. The reproduction period occurs between February to May; in March in Mexico; in January-April Costa Rica; February to May in Honduras. The incubation comprises of 26-28 days, Followed by 54-68 pup growth days. It has been difficult to breed the species in captivity and there is little information on its reproduction in the wild..

The size of clutch is of 3 to 5 eggs

Food:

It feeds mainly on the tops of the trees seeds mature Inga and Erythrina and fruits Palm; sometimes cultures corn and Sorghum.

Distribution and status:

Size of its range (breeding/resident ): 1.290.000 km2

Endemic to Central America, from Mexico until Panama.

The White-crowned Parrot It is found in the humid tropics of eastern Mexico on the Caribbean side of Tamaulipas and to the East of San Luis Potosi eastward through yucatan peninsula, in Campeche and Quintana Roo, the borders of Belice and the northern lowlands and highlands of eastern Guatemala. It is found throughout the Caribbean slope of Honduras, mainly below 1.100 m (Occasionally highest altitudes) and in Roatan in the Bay islands, and on the Caribbean side of Nicaragua (possibly also on the side of peaceful) until Costa Rica, where it remains mainly in the lowlands and foothills of the Caribbean slope, becoming less and less numerous south of Lemon; also observed in the slope of peaceful in the South of Costa Rica and on both sides West Panama, to the West of Chiriqui and to the West of Bull's mouths.

Some local migrations (also apparently vertical) occur (for example, in parts of Oaxaca, Mexico and parts of Costa Rica). The species is widespread, but abundance varies from rare to very common depending on locality; It is perhaps the largest parrot in Costa Rica.

current distribution: No data where the current distribution of specified White-crowned Parrot. This species of psittacine still has a presence throughout its range, although there are regions where it has been extirpated, as the West's Quintana Roo and Gulf Coast (INE 2000).

Despite being frequently eaten by native peoples (at least once), persecuted as a pest of crops, caught in low numbers for the live bird trade and severely deforesting parts of their range, It has not detected a serious overall decline in population.

Conservation:


minor concern


โ€ข Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Least concern.

โ€ข Population trend: decreasing.

sheltered Mexico by the Official Mexican Standard (NOMโ€“059โ€“SEMARNATโ€“2001โ€“2010) under the category of Threatened.

Rationale for the Red List category

This species has a very large range and therefore it is not close to the thresholds for Vulnerable under the criterion of size range (Extension Occurrence <20,000 km2 combinada con un tamaรฑo de rango decreciente o fluctuante, extensiรณn / calidad de hรกbitat o tamaรฑo de poblaciรณn y un pequeรฑo nรบmero De lugares o fragmentaciรณn severa). A pesar de que la tendencia de la poblaciรณn parece estar disminuyendo, no se cree que la disminuciรณn sea suficientemente rรกpida para acercarse a los umbrales de Vulnerables bajo el criterio de tendencia poblacional (> 30% decline in ten years or three generations). The population size is very large and, therefore, not approaching the thresholds for vulnerable under the criterion of population size (<10.000 individuos maduros con una disminuciรณn continua estimada en> 10% in ten years or three generations or with a specific population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as the least concern.

Justification of the population

Partners in Flight estimates the total population of 50.000-499.999 individuals (A. Panjabi in a bit., 2008).

Justification of trend

It is suspected that the population is declining due to continuous habitat destruction.

"White-crowned Parrot" in captivity:

(CITES) It included in the Appendix II (It includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but in which trade must be controlled to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival.)

The species ranked first in the 80's among the most traded parrot species in Mexico (Iรฑigo Elias and Ramos 1992). Currently, there marketing of the species in the national and international market.

Valued as a pet or ornamental bird by its feathers, ability to imitate sounds and its tendency to form bonds with people.

Alternative names:

White-crowned Parrot, White crowned Parrot, White-capped Parrot (English).
Pione ร  couronne blanche, Pione givrรฉe, Pionus ร  front blanc, Pionus ร  front blanche (French).
Glatzenkopfpapagei, Glatzenkopf, Glatzenkopf-Papagei, WeiรŸkappenpapagei (German).
Curica-de-testa-branca (Portuguese).
Lora coroniblanca, Loro Corona Blanca, loro corona-blanca, Loro Coroniblanco, Loro de Corona Blanca, Loro Gorgiblanco, Loro Senil (espaรฑol).
Loro coroniblanco (Costa Rica).
Lora coroniblanca (Honduras).
loro corona blanca, loro corona-blanca, Loro Coroniblanco (Mexico).
Loro Gorgiblanco (Nicaragua).


scientific classification:

Johann Baptist von Spix

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pionus
Scientific name: Pionus senilis
Citation: (von Spix, 1824)
Protonimo: Psittacus senilis


Images "Loro Senile":

Videos "White-crowned Parrot"

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"Their Senil" (Pionus senilis)


Sources:

Avibase
– Parrots of the World โ€“ Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife

Photos:

(1) – A White-crowned Parrot (also known as White-crowned Pionus) at Macaw Mountain Bird Park, Honduras By Pionus_senilis_-Macaw_Mountain_Bird_Park,_Honduras-8a.jpg: Sarah and Jasonderivative work: Snowmanradio [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – A White-crowned Parrot (also known as White-crowned Pionus) at Macaw Mountain Bird Park, Honduras By nakashi (Flickr: P1100396) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – A White-crowned Parrot (also known as White-crowned Pionus) at Macaw Mountain Bird Park, Honduras By nakashi (Flickr: P1100397) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – (Pionus Senilis). White-crowned Parrot , Guatemala By Virgilrm at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – A White-crowned Parrot (also known as White-crowned Pionus) at Macaw Mountain Bird Park, Honduras By nakashi (Flickr: P1100398) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – White-crowned Parrot (also known as the White-crowned Pionus); close up of upper body By Brian Gratwicke [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(7) – A White-crowned Parrot at Cape May Zoo, New Jersey, USA By Jim Capaldi (Flickr: Parrot) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(8) – (Pionus Senilis) White-crowned Parrot in a tree By Virgilrm at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(9) – White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis), also known as White-crowned Pionus, at the aviary Birds of Eden in South Africa By SandyCole (mailto:sandyc@dicksandy.org) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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Caica Parrot
Pyrilia caica


Lorito Caica

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Description:

23 cm.. height.

The head of the Caica Parrot (Pyrilia caica) totally black is it more distinguishable from this species, together with a collar Golden cafesoso that extends up to the chest.

The rest of the body usually Green, more clear in the belly and the inside of the tail; wing with blue stain and dark ends, Tip of the tail black.

Bill color bone; ring eyepiece bare of color grey pale; Orange irises.

The youth with crown green, face Dark greenish yellow, and collar not very notorious gold in neck and almost absent in chest.

  • Sound of the Caica Parrot.

Habitat:

Inhabits little disturbed humid forests, firm ground, in Tepuis, from the 50 to the 1100 m.
gregarious, They walk in small groups. They feed in the canopy of the forest.

Reproduction:

Currently with little information about the reproduction.

Food:

In the wild, It believes that its diet consists mainly of eucalyptus flowers, fruit, nectar and pollen.

Distribution:

Can be observed in the South-East of Venezuela, Guyanas and northeast of the brazilian amazon.

Conservation:


Near-threatened


โ€ข Red List category of the UICN current: Near-threatened

โ€ข Population trend: Stable

Justification of the population:

The size of the world population Caica Parrot It has not been quantified, although this species is described as 'rare’ (Stotz et to the., 1996).

Justification trend :

This species is suspected that it may lose 13,6-17,2% of habitat within its distribution over three generations (21 years) based on a model of deforestation of the Amazonia (Soares-Filho et to the., 2006, Bird et to the. 2011).

Given the susceptibility of this species to the hunting and/or entrapment, It is suspected that its population will decrease at a rate close to the 30% in three generations.

"Caica Parrot" in captivity:

They adult acclimatised quite easily to a new environment and are very resistant … Conversational skills (in comparison with other species).
They are very quiet in an Aviary, with a personality friendly and Gentile. They are very sociable and it should be with a partner or in a group environment. In any way, It is not easy to see to the Caica Parrot in captivity.

Alternative names:

Caica Parrot, Hooded Parrot (English).
Caรฏque ร  tรชte noire (French).
Kappenpapagei, Kappen-Papagei (German).
curica-caica, curica, papagainho, periquito-de-pescoรงo-marrom (Portuguese).
Lorito Caica, Lorito de Cabeza Negra (espaรฑol).
Perico Cabecinegro (Venezuela).


scientific classification:

John Latham
John Latham

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pyrilia
Scientific name: Pyrilia caica
Citation: (Latham, 1790)
Protonimo: Caรฏca parrot


Images "Caica Parrot"

Videos "Caica Parrot"

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ยซLorito Caicaยป (Pyrilia caica)


Sources:

Avibase
– Parrots of the World โ€“ Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife

Photos:

(1) – lynxeds

Sounds: controles-canto.org

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White cockatoo
Cacatua alba

Cacatรบa Blanca

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Description White Cockatoo


Anatomy-parrots

40 to 50 cm.. length and a weight of approximately 550 gr.
The White cockatoo (Cacatua alba) is completely white, with yellowing below wings, bill black and legs dark gray.

The eye ring is blue.
It has a crest exuberant, that is elevated or low, Depending on your state of mind. The wings They are tapered or rounded.

If he irises is brown, then it is male, if reddish, it is female. The females has bill smaller.

The juveniles only they differ by color irises.

White Cockatoo Behavior:

They usually fly solo, in pairs, small groups, or in flocks of up to fifteen birds. In the afternoon, they gather in groups of up to fifty birds. even though they are social, with the exception of mating pairs, usually, they do not form close ties with others. As a result, There is no firmly defined order of dominant position in the community. Son day and they tend to be sedentary, Although some can be nomadic and wander in search of food.

The white cockatoos they are very bright and curious birds. They have the ability to use tools, as the use of a branch to scratch your back. They are monogamous, with couple bonds lasting lifetime. They can fall into a deep depression if you lose your partner.

Habitat White Cockatoo:

Video – "White cockatoo" (Cacatua alba)

Presentation of the cockatoo alba

They live in lowland forests below 900 m, as well as in mangrove forests, plantations and agricultural land.
they are particularly common around the edge of clearings and rivers. They spend most of their time in the tops of the trees. The secondary vegetation high is its preferred habitat.

White Cockatoo Reproduction:

It nests in the hollows of trees. They lay two eggs and two birds hatch for a few 28 days. The larger hatchling tends to take dominance over the smaller hatchling, which will not be able to survive.. The chicks leave the nest to the 84 days old and are independent around 15-18 weeks. These birds reach sexual maturity at the age of 3-4 years.

White Cockatoo feeding:

In nature it feeds mainly on Tree fruits. They are often seen feeding on papaya, Durian, complexioned and rambutan. It has also seen them will eat crickets and lizards. They often feed on corn that grows in the fields, sometimes doing considerable damage.

Distribution:

Size of its range (reproduction / resident): 51.400 km2

The white cockatoo It found in rainforests on the islands of Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate, Ternate, Kasiruta and Mandioli in the north of the Moluccas of Indonesian.

Conservation:

Appears as vulnerable by the IUCN and placed in Appendix II in 1981.

In their natural environment, the white cockatoo is a species vulnerable Due to the decrease in number due to habitat loss natural, as well as for the capture for the illegal bird trade. There are restrictions on the number of birds that can be exported, but BirdLife International He says that this is being exceeded by up to 18 times the agreed number in some areas.

It can cause substantial damage to Corn crops.

World population: 43,000 – 183,000 individuals.

The White Cockatoo in captivity:

The White cockatoo You can live more than 60 years. It is very common in poultry farming and it is perhaps one of the most frequent pet cockatoos.

They are sympathetic, calm, beautiful, sweets and easy to domesticate. Bred to porridge they are usually wonderful pets, You can play some words but are not good talkers. These birds in captivity require mental stimulation almost constant. They are in constant motion, up and doing gymnastics. When lack of mental stimulation, often they are become neurotic, booting the feathers to the point of causing areas of baldness.

They are known for being very affectionate with their human companions, acting more like a dog than a bird in this regard as.

In the absence of a partner, captive white cockatoos will bond with their keeper as if that person were their mate.

Alternative names:

White cackatoo, Great White Cockatoo, White Cockatoo, White-crested Cockatoo (ingles).
Cacatoรจs blanc, Grand Cacatoรจs blanc (French).
WeiรŸhaubenkakadu (German).
Catatua-branca (Portuguese).
Cacatรบa Alba, Cacatรบa Blanca, Cacatรบa Copete Blanco, Cacatรบa de Goffin (espaรฑol).

scientific classification:

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cockatoo
Scientific name: Cacatua alba
Citation: (Statius Mรผller, 1776)
Protonimo: Psittacus albus

White Cockatoo Images:



Species of the genus Cacatua

Sources:

Avibase
– Parrots of the World โ€“ Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
Birdlife
avimarparrots.es

Photos:

(1) – commons.wikimedia.org
(2) – Adam Lysican

Sounds: Mike Nelson (Xeno-canto)

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Red-browed Parrot
Amazona rhodocorytha

Red-browed Parrot

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Description:

35-40 cm.. length and 450-650 g. of weight.

The Red-browed Parrot (Amazona rhodocorytha) has the forecrown and front of the crown, bright red; back of the crown, green with brownish purple tips; lores oranges; lower cheeks and throat, pale blue; ear-coverts and sides neck, green with plenty of blue; nape green with black tips.
Upperparts green, some feathers showing faint dark tips. Wing coverts green with yellow on the carpal edge. Primaries dark grey; three outermost secondary, red at the base, other green with violet blue tips. Underwing-coverts green. Underparts green, paler and more yellowish than above, with some feathers showing faint pale blue tips (especially in the belly and around the thighs). The tail It is green with yellow tip and a large patch in red subterminal innerwebs of the lateral feathers. Bill color pale horn; irises orange; legs grey.


Anatomy-parrots

Red-browed Parrot

Both sexes are similar. Immature It is less extensive in red head and in the tail, and the red color is confined to only the first two secondaries.

Taxonomic note:

The Red-browed Parrot It has been widely treated as conspecific with Blue cheeked Parrot (Amazona dufresniana) and Red-tailed Parrot (Amazona brasiliensis). According to reports, the birds of Alagoas show the throat orange, suggesting a racial differentiation. It has not proposed any subspecies.

  • Sound of the Red-browed Parrot.

Habitat:

Video – "Red-browed Parrot"

Chauรก(Amazona Rhodocorytha) - Red-browed Parrot

The Red-browed Parrot mainly inhabits moist lowland forests, but forests also date from the highlands (perhaps seasonally) inside (for example, in Serra do Mar and east of Minas Gerais, Brazil) up to approximately 1.000 m. Although records on the edges of forests, probably not adapt to the conditions created, even partial deforestation. They sleep communally on tall trees in forest.

Reproduction:

The eggs possibly they hatch in October and pairs with their young have been observed in January.

In captivity, sunsets four eggs are common; the incubation hard 24 days, with the young leaving the nest 34 days after hatching.

Food:

Feeds of fruit, seeds, berries and cocoons they get in the treetops; It has also been registered to Red-browed Parrot feeding is of papaya, jaca, Mango, cacao, banana and coffee plantations.

Distribution and status:

Size of its range (breeding/resident): 2.700 km2

The Red-browed Parrot It was first discovered in northern Sao Paulo at the beginning of the year 90.
This is an Amazon of Atlantic tropical forests of Brazil, in the East of Alagoas and further south, until Rio de Janeiro. No records between Alagoas and northeast of Bay, but if southwards and into neighboring areas, to the East of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through Espirito Santo until Rio de Janeiro.

Obviously, he suffered a drastic decline in its geographical expansion and its population since European settlement. Today they live confined to the last remaining fragments of the Atlantic tropical forests. Possibly extinct Alagoas, where the last native lowland forests were cleared in the 1990s 1980, although still quite common in at least one protected area Espirito Santo.

The current population is scattered and is susceptible to continued deforestation (for example, around the the Desengano State Park in Rio de Janeiro) and continued illegal trade in which the birds are highly valued. Live in several areas protected, including the Monte Pascoal National Park (Bay), the Rio Doce State Park (Minas Gerais, Brazil), reservations Sooretama and Linhares in Espirito Santo and the Serra da Bocaina National Park, Rio de Janeiro.

Conservation:

State of conservation โ“˜


Endangered Endangered โ“˜ (UICN)โ“˜

โ€ข Current category of the Red List of the UICN: In danger of extinction.

โ€ข Population trend: Decreasing.

โ€ข Population size : 600-1700

  • Rationale for the Red List category

This species is endangered because of their severely fragmented and declining population. There remains a proper dismantling of Atlantic forest habitat and capture for the bird trade cage is an additional threat. It is considered nationally in peligro de extinctionn in Brazil.

  • Justification of the population

The species has a small population located in the band 1,000-2,499 individuals in total. This is equivalent to 667-1.666 mature individuals, rounded here to 600-1.700 mature individuals.

  • Justification of trend

It is suspected continued rapid population decline based on habitat destruction and fragmentation and capture for domestic and international pet trade.

Threats
    less than 10% of original forest cover remains in Bahia and Espรญrito Santo, and only 2% en Alagoas (Brown and Brown 1992, Conservation International 1995), mainly due to conversion to plantations and pastures. In fact, now it is estimated that less than 1% the general habitat of this species remains (Klemann-Jรบnior et al., 2008). In janeiro river, many fragments of important habitats are being cleared, especially around the Desengano State Park. The collapse of the cocoa economy in southern Bahia has resulted in increased logging by landowners and colonization of reserves by former plantation workers. (Snyder et to the., 2000). If the seasonal movement of birds is confirmed, this would multiply the problems of habitat loss. In the breeding season 1998-1999, 174 nestlings were captured, especially reservation, for domestic and international trade of birds in cages (Brown and Brown 1992), While 664 individuals were recorded in captivity at the Center for Reintroduction of Wild Animals 2005-2006 and others were found in private cages (L. Klemann-Jรบnior a little., 2007). Illegal trade is apparently the main threat to the species in Espรญrito Santo (Klemann-Jรบnior et al., 2008b). Memories containing feathers have been on sale outside the Monte Pascoal National Park (Sweeney 1996). a pest species is considered in some plantations of papaya, coffee and cocoa (Klemann-Junior 2006, L. Klemann-Jรบnior a little., 2012).
Conservation Actions Underway
    CITES Appendix I and II and protected by Brazilian law. Considered endangered in Brazil to 2014 (Klemann-Jรบnior et al., 2008), It is now classified as Vulnerable (MMA 2014). They live in 14 Reservations (Wege and Long 1995 , RB Pineschi by C. Yamashita in some. 2000), but most of them provide minimal habitat protection and none are effective against poaching. The ex situ population is managed under a European species survival plan (Sweeney 1996) and Curitiba Zoo (L. Klemann-Jรบnior a little. 2012), which together with Loro Parque Foundation, Foundation Rare Species Conservation and Environmental Idรฉia, have successfully developed a captive breeding program (Reinschmidt and Waugh 2005 , L. Klemann-Jรบnior a little. 2007, 2012) .
Conservation Actions Proposed
    Survey to locate additional populations. Protect forests where the species is found outside reserves in Rio de Janeiro. Effectively protect habitat and birds within reserves and further develop the captive breeding population. Enforce laws against trafficking, especially on roads connecting the Monte Pascoal National Park with the rest of southern Brazil (Snyder et to the., 2000). Mapping the current distribution of the species within its extent of occurrence. Identify priority areas for conservation. Investigate dietary requirements and nesting. Estimate the range of the house of the species. Study the impact of fragmentation of forests within its population. Implement an education program (L. Klemann-Jรบnior a little. 2012).

The Red-browed Parrot in captivity:

Suffering from a continuous illegal trade in which the birds are highly valued.
protected by CITES Appendix I, where they are included all endangered species. Trade in specimens of these species is authorized only under exceptional circumstances..

Each captive specimen of this species which is capable of reproducing, It is placed in a well-managed program captive breeding and not be sold as a pet, with the order to ensure their survival long-term.

The captive breeding, although difficult, It has been successful in United States and Europe and overall management plan for captive birds of this species is underway. The reintroduction into the wild of captive populations can become an important conservation strategy in the future.

Alternative names:

Red browed Parrot, Red-browed Amazon, Red-browed Parrot, Red-fronted Amazon, Red-fronted Parrot (English).
Amazone ร  sourcils rouges (French).
Granada-Amazone, Rotscheitelamazone (German).
acumatanga, chauรก, chauรฃ, cumatanga, jauรก (Portuguese).
Amazona Coronirroja, Amazona Crestirroja (espaรฑol).


scientific classification:


Salvadori Tommaso

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Scientific name: Amazona rhodocorytha
Citation: (Salvadori, 1890)
Protonimo: Chrysotis rhodocorytha


Images Red-browed Parrot:


Species of the genus Amazona


Sources:

  • Avibase
  • Parrots of the World โ€“ Forshaw Joseph M
  • Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
  • Birdlife

Photos:

(1) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) at Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, USA By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as DSC00744) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) in a zoo By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as [1]) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) at a zoo By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as [1]) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Red-browed Amazon at Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, Florida, USA By Ruth Rogers (originally posted to Flickr as P8120449) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha). Parrot in a zoo By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as [1]) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) at Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, USA By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as [1]) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(7) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) in the Loro Parque zoo of Tenrerife (Spain) By Bjoertvedt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(8) – Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) at Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, USA By Duncan Rawlinson (originally posted to Flickr as DSC00736) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(9) – The red-browed Amazon parrot Amazona rhodocorytha at Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, USA By Duncan Rawlinson from Vancouver, BC (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(10) – Blue-cheeked Amazon (left); Red-browed Amazon (right) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (too.. 1880, plate IX) – Wikipedia

Sounds: Eduardo D. Schultz, XC114198. accessible www.xeno-canto.org/114198