The Brown-breasted Parakeet(Pyrrhura calliptera) is easily recognized by the Wing mirror yellow in flight. In general it is green, with a red spot on the ear; chest brown reddish and sides of the neck characteristic dark brown.
Shoulder mostly yellow up to half of the wing
and the end of the same pardo-olivaceo.
The primary feathers are blue and their covert wing external and internal yellow, usually with orange blend.
The tail reddish brown. Its bill pale yellowish; irises yellow; eye ring white.
It inhabits in Misty jungles Andean and sub-andinas with canopy 15 to 25 m, secondary forests and Paramo, from 1700 to 3400 m. They fly at dawn and at dusk flocks, usually small of 6 to 12 individuals on the canopy of the forest.
Reproduction:
It nests in, generally, in cavities of trees located in wooded pastures or pasture surrounded by secondary forest fragments, bedrooms for both nests. breeding conditions they have been observed in August and October, as well as between November and January in Fusagasugá, Farallon de Medina and Soatá (Cortes-Herrera et to the., 2007) and from September to February in the Chingaza National Park (Arenas-Mosquera 2011).
The size average of the laying is of 5-6 eggs of color whitish. The chicks take of 60 to 70 days to complete its development.
Food:
Diet Brown-breasted Parakeet consists in fruit (including plants of the Ericaceae, Lauraceae, Melastomataceae and Clusiaceae (Cortes-Herrera et to the., 2007), seeds and cultivated corn, Although flocks larger were observed in areas open to eating leaves and seeds (O. Courteous in litt., 2012).
Distribution:
Size distribution (reproduction / resident): 1,000 km2
The population total has been estimated at 5.000-10.000 individuals.
Conservation:
State of conservation ⓘ
Vulnerable ⓘ(UICN)ⓘ
• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Vulnerable.
• Population trend: Decreasing.
This species has a range very small and a small population, known in less than ten places in what is rapidly declining due to the loss of habitat and persecution as as plague by including cultivated corn in their diet.
These declines in population range are expected to continue.. So, qualified as vulnerable.
It is estimated that its population amounts to between 5.000 and 10.000 individuals, equivalent approximately to 3.300-6.700 mature individuals.
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– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– Wiki Aves de Colombia
– Photos:
(1) – Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera) By Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom (Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Pyrrhura calliptera By J. Davernes (biodiversitylibrary.org) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Origin: Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Puerto Rico, United States
Character: Affectionate and fun
Life expectancy: 10 to 12 years
Height: 24 to 25 cm.
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Description:
The Canary-winged Parakeet(Brotogeris versicolurus) measured between 24 and 25 height cm. Single parakeet with yellow and white patch and blue tip on the wing
, tail green, long and acute (noticeable in flight).
Of overall green coloration, with belly opaque, front and sides of the head grey. It has no sexual dimorphism.
It is found in variety of habitats, humid forest, riparian, edges, stubble, open and urban areas, until 300 m (in Bolivia comes up to the 2700 m).
Abundant trees in cities and towns. They fly high, in pairs or small flocks to large.
Reproduction:
The breeding season includes the months between January and July in South America. The female places of 4 to 5 white eggs. The incubation hard of 23 to 26 days. Usually, the male can stay in the nest at night, but the incubation is main task of females.
It nests in tree hollows and decaying fruit capsules.
Food:
In their natural habitats, the Canary-winged Parakeet, feeds mainly on worms, flowers, seeds and fruit.
Distribution:
Its population is discontinuous. All the banks of the Amazon River, from the East of Ecuador to the South of the French Guiana.
You can also see them out of these places due to its introduction by release of pet; places such as Lima, California, Florida and Puerto Rico.
Conservation:
State of conservation ⓘ
Minor Concern ⓘ(UICN)ⓘ
It is not considered in any of the threat categories, its trade has decreased in recent decades.
Justification of the population:
The size of the world population Canary-winged Parakeet It has not been quantified, but this species is described as «common» (Stotz et to the. (1996).
Justification trend:
The population suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence of any reduction or substantial threats.
"Canary-winged Parakeet" in captivity:
Years ago it was a very common bird in captivity, at the present time is less.
RECALLS: NEVER COMMAND A PARAKEET IN THE CITY OR IN THE FIELD
aggressive with other bird species. However, It is possible to keep a group of birds of this species together in a large enough space. Easy of tame If it is manipulated from small. Communicates with their owners, making different sounds, for example, to greet us when we see, When you want food, etc.
They are not usually very noisy. Like to climb by what shall provide elements so you can make this activity. In hot season, supplied with a tray of water so that you can bathe.
Alternative names:
– Canary-winged Parakeet, White-winged Parakeet, Yellow-winged Parakeet (English).
– Toui à ailes variées, Conure à ailes blanches, Perruche à ailes blanches, Perruche à ailes jaunes, Toui à ailes jaunes (French).
– Weissflügelsittich (German).
– Periquito-de-asa-branca, periquito-castanha, periquito-da-asa-amarela, periquito-da-campina, periquito-das-ilhas, periquito-de-asas-amarelas, periquito-estrela (Portuguese).
– Catita Chirirí, Catita de patas amarillas, Catita Versicolor, Periquito Aliamarillo, Periquito Aliblanco, Periquito de Alas Blancas, Periquito Versicolor (español).
– Catita Chirirí, Catita de patas amarillas (Argentina).
– Periqquito aliblanco, Periquito Aliblanco (Colombia).
– Periquito Aliamarillo (Dominican Republic).
– Perico de Ala Amarilla (Peru).
Origin: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
Character: Active, sociable
Life expectancy: 20 to 25 years
Height: 28 to 31 cm..
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Description:
The Red billed Parrot(Pionus sordidus), of looking scruffy, has a length of 28 to 31 cm. and a weight between 255 and 275 g..
The subspecies Pionus sordidus corallinus, the most widespread, has the feathers of the forecrown, lores and behind the eyes, Green at the base and with blue edges widths; the cheeks, ear-coverts and the sides of the neck, mainly green with some blue narrow tips; the crown and rear of the neck, Green with edges blue narrow. Mantle and back pretty dull green with paler blue margins; rump and uppertail-coverts, of color green basally, more Brown olive distally. Coverts medium and small with wide olive green tips; the front edge of the wing
; coverts primary and higher and flight feather brightest which the parts superiores and others wing-coverts.
Under, the wings green; chin green; throat and upper breast with band broadband of color blue violet; belly green, Some birds with gray Suffusion; undertail-coverts crimson. Tail Green by the Center, Blue side; Red at the base.
Bill coral red, pale at the base of the upper jaw; cere dark grey; bare periophthalmic pale grey; Iris dark brown; legs pale grey.
Both sexes are similar. Immature sample undertail-coverts yellowish-green with some red marks; head green.
(Chapman, 1925) – Is as the subspecies Pionus sordidus corallinus, but of color green more beige, those edges blue of the feathers of the head are more narrow and the under wing-coverts not have them edges dark.
Pionus sordidus ponsi
(Aveledo & Gines, 1950) – Throat of color blue violet almost solid. The chest and upperparts they are darker and greener that the of the nominal species, they lack clear margins to the feathers of the back and of the wing-coverts.
Pionus sordidus saturatus
(Todd, 1915) – More dark and more green that it nominal species with the feathers of the upperparts lack of margins of color green olive. Less green in the throat and cheeks.
Pionus sordidus sordidus
(Linnaeus, 1758) – Nominal. Much more Brown that the subspecies Pionus sordidus corallinus, with blue (turquoise) more reduced in the throat. Feathers in them upperparts with most distinctive pale margins.
Habitat:
It is a very rare species. It inhabits in mountains of humid and semi-humid cloudy forests, edges of forest and partially deforested areas, between 200-2850 m, Although they are more frequent at altitudes of 500-1.500 m. They use areas of secondary growth, partially deforested with tall trees scattered and sometimes light forests on coffee plantations, being less frequent in dry areas.
Gregarious outside of breeding season; formations in flocks of up to 50 birds, sometimes more where the food is abundant. Children sleep in community.
Reproduction:
They nest in the cavity of the trees, sometimes in very degraded habitats. Birds in breeding attitude during the months of February-April in Colombia; It breeds in the months of April-June in Venezuela, January-may in Ecuador; Nest occupied in October in Bolivia. Laying three eggs in captivity.
Food:
Feeds of fruit, berries and seeds.
Distribution:
Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 169.000 km2
This species has a distribution batch through them land high in the North and West of South America, from Venezuela to the North of Bolivia. You can find in the North of Venezuela, in the mountains of Anzoátegui, Sucre, North of Monagas and apparently, of way to discontinuous, in the Highlands of the Federal District through the mountains coastal, to the West, until Lara and Falcon, then in the Sierra de Perija, Zulia and parts adjacent in Colombia, West to the foothills of Santa Marta in Magdalena, also locally in the Eastern Andes of Boyacá and Huila. Extends over the Western side of the Andes in Ecuador, from Pichincha until Gold and for all the East side to the northeast of Peru.
Although there are no records in the Eastern Andean slope, in the central and southern Peru, the range includes the Yungas North of Bolivia in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.
common locally; apparently less numerous in the West of Ecuador and North of Bolivia, and probably in decline locally due to the deforestation (for example, in the Ecuador Western, North of Venezuela and Andes of Colombia).
A recent study not localized to the subspecies Pionus sordidus antelius in its area of distribution widely cleared, Although the subspecies can dwell in forests moderately disturbed.
Kept as pets locally although generally scarce in captivity.
(Bonaparte, 1854) – Colombia this of the Andes, both sides of the Andes in Ecuador and in the shed this in northeast of Peru, discontinuous in Yungas to the Northwest of Bolivia
Pionus sordidus mindoensis
(Chapman, 1925) – Mountains of the West of Ecuador.
• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Least concern.
• Population trend: Decreasing.
Justification of the population
The size of the world population It has not been quantified, but this species is described as «quite common» (Stotz et to the., 1996).
Justification of trend
It is suspected that the population is in decline due to ongoing habitat destruction.
"Red billed Parrot" in captivity:
Very rare in captivity. In general, they are not so nervous in temperament as other parrots. They can learn to imitate.
Its diet in captivity It varied: fruits such as: Apple, orange, banana, granada, Cactus, they form approximately the 30 percent of the diet; vegetables such as: Carrot, celery, green beans, pea in the pod, fresh corn; Greens such as: chard, lettuce, dandelion, Aviary grass; millet; mixture of small seeds, such as: millet, birdseed, and small amounts of oats, buckwheat, safflower and hemp; soaked and sprouted sunflower seeds; beans, cooked legumes and boiled corn; hard cheese.
Alternative names:
– Red-billed Parrot, Dusky parrot, Red billed Parrot, Sordid parrot (English).
– Pione à bec rouge, Perroquet sordide (French).
– Dunenkopfpapagei, Dunenkopf, Dunenkopf-Papagei (German).
– Curica-de-bico-vermelho (Portuguese).
– Cotorra Piquirroja, Loro de Pico Rojo, Loro Piquirrojo (español).
– Cotorra piquiroja, Cotorra Piquirroja (Colombia).
– Loro de Pico Rojo (Peru).
– Perico Pico Rojo (Venezuela).
54 to 56 cm.. height and a weight between 520 and 790 g.
The Short-billed black cockatoo(Zanda latirostris) It is a large black cockatoo..
It has great bill black, crest erectile, white spot in the area ear and white panels on the tail. The female It is similar except patch area ear large and slightly yellowish white.
The immature Similar to adult female.
Closely related to Baudin's black cockatoo(Zanda baudinii). They were formerly treated as a single species.
Mainly inhabits in native forests eucalyptus and shrubland or heathland. Visit temporarily plantations exotic pines.
Sometimes you see them in cities or at the edges of roads. It is also a visible visitor to the gardens containing native plants with hard fruits around Perth.
Usually they see them in groups of three or in small flocks, but occasionally gather in large flocks composed of hundreds or, exceptionally, thousands of birds. Sometimes it is associated with Baudin's black cockatoo(Zanda baudinii) wave Red-tailed black cockatoo(Zanda Banksia) in places where food is plentiful.
The species is said to be Residents in areas of high rainfall They are retaining much native vegetation and are emigrants of the driest regions and places where most of the native vegetation has been removed.
Reproduction:
They do not breed until they are at least four years old..
Adult birds They mate for life, and stay together throughout the year.
Reproduction occurs mainly in the region Wheatbelt, northwest of the Stirling Range about Three Springs, but it has also recorded on the coastal plain in the South West, about Bunbury.
The reproductive activity It is limited to eucalyptus forests. They make their nests in large holes in the top of the eucalyptus.
The eggs They are white or cream, and they have no marks. Son incubated by female only, for a period of 28 to 29 days. The nestlings are fed by both parents, Although during the first 10 to 14 days after hatching they are fed exclusively by the female.
Adults return to the same breeding area each year.
Food:
It feeds mainly from seeds and occasionally nectar, fruit and insect larvae.
Distribution:
Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 196.000 km2
Endemic southwest Australia.
Conservation:
State of conservation ⓘ
Endangered ⓘ(UICN)ⓘ
• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: In danger of extinction.
• Population trend: Decreasing.
On the basis of the distribution of birds during the breeding season, the total population of the Short-billed black cockatoo it has been estimated that is between the 11 000 and 60 000 birds, although there are those who affirm that its population could count on less than 10 000 birds.
The decline of this species It is mainly due to the loss and fragmentation of habitat. This has been caused by the clearing of native vegetation, mainly for agricultural purposes, Since the mid-20th century.
No specific information available on future changes in population size. But, the range of the species is thought to continue to contract for some time, which leads to a concomitant decrease in population size.
"Short-billed black cockatoo" in captivity:
A program captive breeding It was established in 1996 by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM), in association with poultry farmers and licensed Zoo of Perth.
The genetic diversity of the captive population is enhanced by an 'abandoned' program’ that rehabilitates injured birds in the wild and then incorporates them into captive breeding.
Some eggs and chicks are caught illegally for sale in the markets of poultry. Although the demand for the species is said to have declined over the past decade, high market prices (approximately 3.000 dollars per bird and 5,000 $ couple) together with the scarce success of breeding captive birds, They suggest that Illegal take of this cockatoo will continue to be a continuing threat to the survival of this species..
It measures 31 cm. and weighs around 300 g..
To the Philippine cockatoo(Cacatua haematuropygia) It is called locally Katala.
Its plumage is of a beautiful white color except for the feathers of the crest they are yellow or pink on its base and the bottom of the tail and wings they are yellow and Red.
The bill is a grayish-white color, and males has irises dark brown, While the of the female are brown-red color.
Is restricted to lowland not more than 50 meters above the sea level, in or adjacent to rivers, and in coastal mangrove areas.
outside the breeding season (March to June, and, times, from February to August), frequents corn and rice crops. This depends on the station where foods are grown and have the available resources, being partially nomadic.
These birds can fly from their island to the adjacent if they are not more than a few 8 km. distance.
Reproduction:
breeding season between February and June. Of one to three eggs they are placed on a nest on a tree branch. The eggs are hatch for a few 28 days, and the chicks remain in the nest for nine to ten weeks after the hatching.
Food:
They feed on seeds, vegetables, fruits and berries.
They are known to attack corn crops in agricultural areas.
Distribution:
Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 22.700 km2
This cockatoo is endemic in Philippines, and the only representative of the cockatoos that we will find there; This has become a treasure of these islands.
Conservation:
State of conservation ⓘ
critically endangered ⓘ(UICN)ⓘ
• Current IUCN Red List category: Critical Hazard.
• Population trend: Decreasing.
• Population size: 370-770 mature individuals.
In Palawan the capture of the cockatoos for the international illegal trade is particularly serious, something which is reflected in the high price of these birds ($ 160 Americans in Manila in 1997); to have been looted all the visible nests each time the price is higher because it costs more to catch them.
The deforestation and the destruction of mangroves have been extensive in their range of occupancy and have contributed significantly to their decline.
It is also hunted and hunted for consumption as food.
The release of captive birds can introduce diseases into wild populations.
Conservation Actions Proposed:
• Conduct surveys on all range islands to assess species population size and distribution.
• Monitor population trends.
• Monitor rates of habitat loss and degradation.
• Quantify catch levels, persecution and trade.
• Designate more protected areas (for example Tawi-Tawi and towns in or near Palawan).
• Support the proposal to expand the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
• Prevent destruction of mangroves.
• Promote economically viable alternatives to avoid the capture of this cockatoo.
• Continue with education programs and captive breeding programs.
• Establish staff at airports and ferry terminals to control the departure of specimens.
• Translocate animals to suitable areas such as lowland forests or mangroves..
Loro Parque Foundation It has warned of the risk of extinction that runs the Philippine cockatoo by the construction of a power plant in Palawan, an island province of Philippines in the region of Western Visayas.
This Spanish NGO has invested 1,3 millions of dollars and more than 14 years of work in the recovery project of this cockatoo, and fears that with the construction of this station, the less than 1.000 remaining specimens in the world could be electrocuted by high-voltage lines, In addition to being blocked their migration in search of food.
The Coconut Lorikeet (deplanchii)(T. haematodus deplanchii) is a variation of the nominal (Trichoglossus Haematodus)
Similar to the nominal Haematodus, but slightly paler plumage. The head has a bright blue. Reddish orange on the chest, similar to the Trichoglossus haematodus massena, only that more alive. The abdomen is yellowish green and extends to the back of the neck. The thighs and the feathers under the yellow tail and tail olive green top.
Distribution:
New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.
Alternative names:
– Coconut Lorikeet (deplanchii) (ingles).
– Loriquet à tête bleue (deplanchii) (French).
– Allfarblori Deplanche (German).
– Loris Arco Iris Deplanchii (Portuguese).
– Lori Deplanche, Lori Arcoiris Deplanche (español).
The Ultramarine Lorikeet(Vini ultramarina) has a length of 18 cm.. and an approximate weight of 35 g..
Forehead bright navy blue iridescent; crown and nape Mallow dark blue with streaks of light blue; lores and spots on ear-coverts, white (bases of ear-coverts, purple and blue color). Mantle and covert wing, Navy blue; rump and tail coverts, dark blue light. The flight feather, light blue, blackish internal. Blue off the Underwing coverts. Throat dark blue with white speckles; in the band chest mauve blue with área subterminal pale blue feathers. Belly blank slate bases in feathers, giving a mottled appearance; the thighs dark blue malva; coverts, Turquoise.
The uppertail-coverts, whitish blue with navy blue light diffuse in the outer margins;
undertail coverts whitish merged with navy and some irregular gray markings.
Bill yellow orange, upper jaw, blackish brown at the base; irises brownish yellow; the orange legs.
Both sexes are equal but the female It is slightly smaller.
The immature adult differ by the absence of white on underparts, they are uniformly blackish. Also by bill black, irises Dark Brown and legs orange-brown.
In the Decade of 1970 in Nuku Hiva, these parrots were found only in pristine forests (that they have not been touched and that it is in its original condition) on the 700 m.
There is a similar habitat preferences in UA Pu, where are located mainly in montane forests between 700 and 1.000 m. Populations have also been of Ultramarine Lorikeet in banana plantations, coconut and mango (Mangifera indica), in coastal areas.
The species seems to have a wider range of habitat preferences in UA Pu., being found at altitudes ranging from the coast to wooded crests.
They feed in trees with flowers, especially coconut trees and Erythrina.
Loud and lively; the birds move freely between the canopy and lower floors, allowing the human approach. They usually travel in pairs or groups of up to a dozen of individuals. Most of its flights are made below the level of the trees, but for longer distances they rise spiral up to considerable heights.
Extremely Active, rarely long they stay in a tree and feeds using the peak acrobaticamente support.
Reproduction:
The nesting of these birds is from June to August.
A captive breeding record gives the chick eight weeks to become independent.
Food:
It feeds on a great variety of trees in flower, nectar and pollen. Within your preferences are the flowers of the coconut palm, the native tree and banana Hibiscus tileaceus.
It also feeds on fruits, especially mango and insects.
Distribution:
Size of its range (reproduction / resident): 100 km2
The Ultramarine Lorikeet is endemic of the Marquesas Islands, of Nuku Hiva, UA Pu and UA Huka, Although fossil remains show that previously most widely spread.
In UA Pu the population was estimated at 250-300 couples in 1975. But in 1988 had shrunk around the 60%, probably due to the spread of rats Rattus rattus, and a hurricane in 1988, Although its effects on the population of birds are uncertain.
In Nuku Hiva the small population of around of 70 birds that inhabited the high valleys and ridges in the northwestern part of the island, between 700 and 1.000 d., You can that they are now extinct.
The majority of the population, to this day, remains in UA Huka, where the species was introduced in 1940. This population would have grown from 200 to 250 couples in the late 1970s and was considered abundant in 1990 at altitudes environment to the 500 d., with a population estimated between 1.000 and 1.500 birds. The main threat to the species, here, is the potential arrival of rats, and between 1993 and 1994, 14 Ultramarine Lorikeet they were moved to Fatu Hiva in an attempt to keep them safe from rats; But, habitat deterioration by grazing mammals and avian malaria, also they have been and are still potential factors to increase the vulnerability of this species.
Conservation:
• Current IUCN Red List category: Danger.
• Population trend: Decreasing.
CITES Appendix I. in danger of extinction.
The entire population is located on an island where the species is stable, in other islands recently has been extinguished. The general trend is suspected to be a slow and continuous decrease. If the black rats come to UA Huka the decrease will be quick and severe.
Other threats included are logging in some sectors of the habitat of the Ultramarine Lorikeet to plant crops, fruit trees, and use the trunks for woodcarvings for tourism.
"Ultramarine Lorikeet" in captivity:
Extremely rare.
Alternative names:
– Ultramarine Lorikeet, Marquesas Lorikeet, Ultramarine Lory (ingles).
– Lori ultramarin, Lori de Goupil, Lori des Marquises (French).
– Ultramarinlori (German).
– Loris Vini Ultramarine (Portuguese).
– Lori Ultramar, Lori Ultramarino (español).
– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– Photos:
1 – Miles to the wild – link
2 – Miles to the wild – link
3 – Miles to the wild – link
4 – An adult bird perched on a palm tree – Author Josep del Hoyo – IBC.lynxeds.com
5- A juvenile bird feeding in a tree. – Author Josep del Hoyo – IBC.lynxeds.com
The head of the Red-throated Lorikeet(Charmosyna amabilis) is green with lores and chin red. Upperparts green. Wings internal and ends with green feathers flight feather color black. Throat red, bordered below by a narrow yellow collar; rest of the underparts with a yellowish green that upperparts, particularly in the center of belly; the thighs red. The tail above green a little darker than the rump, with yellow ends; undertail yellow. Bill orange; irises yellow; legs orange-red.
Male and female are equal.
Immature generally duller. The the thighs dull purple. The yellow band throat much weaker than in adults and the red facial and marks throat more restricted.
Habitat:
Move by tropical forests, mainly over the 500 m. Son nomads and fly in pairs or small flocks of 5-8 birds in search of flowering trees, uniting to feed on flowers, nectar and pollen. They prefer to feed in the canopy, and although it is apparently ejected away from the areas of power by the aggressive Collared Lory, Holyoak He found two species feeding on the same tree during his remarks in 1973.
Reproduction:
Breeding and nesting habits unknown.
Food:
They feed actively, to often hung upside down to get to flores.
Distribution:
Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 37.100 km2
endemic to the Fiji Islands where it is rare and usually only moves above 500 meters and below 1.000 m. Is distributed between in Viti Levu, Ovalau (where it may now be extinct), Vanua Levu and Taveuni. In 1973 Holyoak found at a Red-throated Lorikeet on a wooded Ridge around 250 metres in Viti Levu, species you saw or heard on five different days while exploring Taveuni thinking that the species was widespread in the rainy forests at an altitude between 550 and 1,000 m. The species was also recorded in rainforests between 120 meters and 980 feet by Martyn L. Gorman (1975), but it is said that they are rare. These records are among the few documented sightings of this century. The world's population is believed to be of less than 10.000 specimens. Despite its apparent rarity, This species may be overlooked due to their unobtrusive plumage and behavior.
Conservation:
• Current IUCN Red List category: Critical Hazard
• Population trend: Decreasing
Threats to the lowlands and hills of the forest is slowly being erased much of Fiji. But, the rarity and assumed decline of this species is probably largely the result of predation by introduced mammals, especially Black Rat (Rattus rattus) , as it is the case with the closely related New Caledonian Lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema).
Increases in course in the logging and the expansion of the road network, especially around the Highlands of Monasavu and Serua in Viti Levu, It is likely that you have caused an increase of the density of these rats (Watling 2000, G. Dutson in litt. 2005). The Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) introduced, is also present in the areas of distribution of the Red-throated Lorikeet and it can be a threat (V. Masibalavu in litt. 2012).
Agricultural expansion is encroaching on primary forest in Taveuni. Have a distribution in mountains close to the maximum altitude within its distribution area, It also makes this potentially susceptible species to climate change (BirdLife International).
Is species is protected by the laws of Fiji. In Viti Levu, dwells within the Tomaniivi nature reserve, but this is not large enough to maintain a resident population and, Despite the creation of the extension Wabu proposal to make a reservation of adequate size, this would not provide better protection against rats if the reserve is kept unmanaged (D. Watling in litt. 2000)
"Red-throated Lorikeet" in captivity:
Unknown in captivity.
Alternative names:
– Red-throated Lorikeet, Red throated Lorikeet (ingles).
– Lori à gorge rouge (French).
– Rothöschen (German).
– Lori de Garganta Roja, Lori Gorgirrojo (español).
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Storage or technical access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
Storage or technical access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.Technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. without a requirement, voluntary compliance by your Internet Service Provider, or the additional records of a third party, information stored or retrieved solely for this purpose cannot be used to identify you.
Marketing
Storage or technical access is necessary to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user across a website or websites for similar marketing purposes.
Vulnerable ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ
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