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| The Real Macaws - NATURE |
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Wednesday, February 18 2004 @ 02:09 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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 PBS's NATURE takes you to the deepest enclaves of the Amazon for a first-hand look at macaws. Hosted by Tony Junitper, with Charlie Munn.
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| Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis: Short History of Sightings in Florida |
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Tuesday, January 20 2004 @ 03:52 PM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 9617
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The Red-crowned Parrot is a popular species in the pet trade, where it is often known as the Green-cheeked Parrot. It is native to the eastern coast of Mexico and was one of the first of the amazons to appear in numbers in South Florida.
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| Harvesting, local trade, and conservation of parrots in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon |
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Monday, January 12 2004 @ 01:03 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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Gonzalez JA
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
114 (3): 437-446 DEC 2003
Abstract:
In some places of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon the harvesting and local trade of parrot nestlings is still a common practice (loreada) that takes place every year between February and April, despite being banned by the national laws. Between 1996 and 1999, 1 monitored the use of these birds in 3890-ha of Mauritia flexuosa-palm swamps, located close to the village of Victoria (Loreto, Peru). Seven species of parrots were collected by local poachers in the study area, with Amazonia amazonica (61.1% of the captures) and Ara ararauna (25.9%) the most commonly harvested.
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| Children throw fauna traffickers a lifeline |
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Sunday, January 04 2004 @ 05:11 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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By Charles Seabrook in Manaus, Brazil December 26, 2003
In the heart of Brazil's rainforest, a riverboat nudges up to a trading post along the January river, an Amazon tributary. Children laden with animals quickly converge on the passengers. A girl shows off a bright blue-and-red parrot. Another girl has a two-metre-long snake draped over her shoulders. A boy holds up a sad-eyed monkey. The animals are for sale. When asked where she got the parrot, the first girl - an 11-year-old named Isabel - points to the lush rainforest across the river.
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Conservation Biologist Murdered In Colombia Saved Two Species - ForbesBarely any tree hollows are good enough for superb parrot nests, and that could pose an existential threat - ABC NewsExotic Animal Cafés Featuring Otters, Lizards and Owls Raise Alarms - Scientific AmericanA virtual menagerie: How conservation and rescue efforts can connect us with wildlife around the world - The Washington PostTackling illegal killing, taking and trade of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa - BirdLife InternationalThese parrots developed new dialects in captivity. Can their wild kin understand them? - National GeographicZoos SA shares five conservation wishes for 2021 - Australasian Leisure ManagementFor Brazil's most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless - Mongabay.comHow pet owners are key to making the parrot trade sustainable - BirdLife InternationalIllegal wildlife trade finds a new marketplace—social media - The Kathmandu PostVideo: Captive-reared scarlet macaws get a second chance at life in the wild - Mongabay.comCan Parrots That Speak Different Dialects Understand Each Other? - ForbesPoachers select parrot species based on their attractiveness - BirdGuidesSpix's macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay.comEndangered African grey parrots rescued from wildlife traffickers - BBC Discover WildlifeFive Parrots Separated at British Zoo After Swearing at Visitors - One Green PlanetAnimal law in australia - TandaaBiasharaGranting exotic pet owners in India amnesty could aid wildlife conservation, lower human-animal conflict - FirstpostRare western ground parrot caught on camera in the wild - ABC NewsA captive breeding program taught Puerto Rican parrots to "speak" differently - Massive ScienceBrazil's blue macaws, golden lion tamarins back in traffickers' sights - Mongabay.comGet wild with Animal Magic! - WDIV ClickOnDetroitUp to 48 species saved from extinction by conservation efforts, study finds - The Guardian‘I almost cracked’: 16-month artistic performance of mass extinction comes to a close - The GuardianParrots collaborate with invisible partners - Science DailySwift Action Needed to Save Critically Endangered Tasmanian Parrot - SciTechDailyHow the world's fattest parrot came back from the brink - The GuardianJuvenile survival of world's rarest parrot more than halves - Phys.orgParrots in wildlife park moved after swearing at visitors in England - STLtoday.comFive yellow-crowned parakeets released onto 'restoration' island in Marlborough - Stuff.co.nz‘We simply do not have the right to abandon wildlife’ - Times of IndiaSaving the African grey parrot: the battle to beat the pet smugglers - Financial TimesGrey-breasted Parakeet recovers from three fledglings to a thousand - BirdLife InternationalCan people protect as much space as nature needs? - Science News for StudentsNew study could offer helping hand for picky parrots - Phys.orgFederal government considers lifting ban on importing parrots 25 years after it was introduced - The GuardianNature collapse imminent without investment, 'Wildlife Conservation 20' warns G20 - BirdLife InternationalJailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - Audubon Magazine BlogThe Blue Macaw Parrot Made Famous in 'Rio' Is Officially Extinct In the Wild | RELEVANT - RELEVANT MagazineWhich Animals Are Going Extinct? The 32 Closest Ones Are Often Overlooked - Discover MagazineActivist slams illegal wildlife, pet trade: Stop the animal torture - Loop News Trinidad and TobagoParrots Live in New York City. Here's How They Make It in the Urban Jungle - Discover MagazineWild birds: licence to kill or take for conservation purposes (GL40) - GOV.UKNumbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100 - The GuardianSwift action needed to help critically endangered parrot - Science at ANUThe Top 10 Wildlife Conservation Organizations - TreehuggerHow to spot wildlife in the city: Tips from an urban naturalist - EuronewsTrack a kākāpō? New Zealand's precious parrot under drone eye - The GuardianWildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn - BBC NewsAfrican gray parrots, facts and photos - National GeographicPet birds, parrots require special knowledge and care - The Resident Community News Group, Inc. | The Resident Community News Group, Inc. - The Resident Community NewsHow the Scarlet Macaw Returned to Honduras | Science - Smithsonian.comBrazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report - Mongabay.comThe Tragedy Of The Swearing Parrot - ForbesBlue-throated macaw, facts and photos - National GeographicWhy Birds and Birders in Costa Rica Flock to Monteverde - - The Tico TimesRare Parrots Rebound In New Zealand And Australia - World AtlasIt's not too late to save them: 5 ways to improve the government's plan to protect threatened wildlife - MENAFN.COMBrazilian Amazon Has Lost Millions of Wild Animals to Criminal Networks, Report Finds - EcoWatchBird songs download - TandaaBiasharaLoved to Death - Earth Island Journal - Earth Island JournalHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - 10NewsChirp to arms: musicians record album to help conserve endangered birds - The GuardianFlorida grasshopper sparrow will probably go extinct. A conservation effort may be the last hope. - The Washington PostEscaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds - Science DailyCan tech save the kakapo, New Zealand's 'gorgeous, hilarious' parrot? - CNNEdinburgh Zoo’s endangered parrot chick has fledged the nest - Edinburgh NewsHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicNo longer Endangered: the Echo Parakeet's 100-year recovery plan - BirdLife InternationalPreserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living - Natural Resources Defense Council'Extinction is a choice’: Margaret Atwood on Tasmania's forests and saving the swift parrot - The GuardianCritically endangered swift parrot released after surviving 600km journey to Lord Howe Island - ABC NewsGrey and Timneh Parrots continue to dwindle in Africa's forests - BirdGuidesNew Zealand aims to save the ‘strangest parrot on Earth’ - The Washington Post'Don't let your cat outside': Q&A with author Peter Christie - Mongabay.comGuam Rails Are No Longer Extinct in the Wild (Something Only One Other Bird Can Claim) - EcoWatchThe secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive - The GuardianA new conservation project is created in Costa Rica thanks to COVID-19 - Mongabay.comWild and captive Blue-throated Macaws are genetically distinct - BirdGuidesOf every 10 parrots captured in Yucatan, 8 die in illegal marketplaces - Yucatán Expat LifeWhat this critically endangered bird tells us about Australia's failing environment protection laws - ABC NewsA look back at some of the biggest bird conservation stories of 2019 - BirdLife InternationalWildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics - Brookings InstitutionEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.comField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicLegal Poaching Is Threatening Miami's Wild Parrots - Miami New TimesUS Fish And Wildlife Provides Funding To Help Conserve The Puerto Rican Parrot - ForbesAvian of identity - Greater KashmirMeet The Filipino Wildlife Conservationist Who Is Saving A Fast Vanishing Cockatoo - World AtlasFlock Together: Foster Parrots help forgotten birds spread their wings - The IndependentCovid-19 and wildlife trade bans - The EcologistConservation in the time of Coronavirus: a message from the CEO - BirdLife International'A legitimate zoo?' How an obscure German group cornered global trade in endangered parrots - The GuardianThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostWildlife conservation in a time of pandemic - Phys.orgSwift parrot numbers freefall as Bob Brown launches anti-logging case - Sydney Morning HeraldLoro Parque Foundation Saves 10 Species of Parrots From Total Extinction in the Wild - PRNewswireInside Germany's Giant, Hungry, Flightless-Bird Problem - National Audubon Society
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The IUCN put together this action plan for all of the world's endangered parrots, including descriptions of the problems facing each species, and recommendations for their recovery. 
The Animal Protection
Institute (API) in coordination with the Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC)
is calling on activists around the U.S. to take action on behalf of
captive birds by drawing attention to the exploitation of other
country's native birds by the U.S. pet industry on January 5 -- National
Bird Day.
