Endangered Species Day was on May 17, 2013, and BirdChannel is helping promote awareness about endangered parrots all month long.
The brown-backed parrotlet is an endangered parrot native to southeastern Brazil. There are around 250 to 1,000 birds in the wild. Read more about the brown-backed parrotlet in the wild here.
When a parrot refuses to come out of the bird cage and won’t let you near it either, this behavior is called “cage bound.” Find out what to do about cage-bound parrots here.
Endangered Species Day was on May 17, 2013, and BirdChannel is helping promote awareness about endangered parrots all month long.
The vinaceous-breasted Amazon (Amazona vinacea) is an endangered parrot. It is native to parts of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. There are only 1,000 to 2,500 birds in the wild. Read more here.
[video]
green cheek conure mutatations
Balcony visitors by Rsms on Flickr.
Martinique Macaw
Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw
Anodorhynchus purpurascens
Jamaican Red Macaw
Red-tailed Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Cuban Macaw
Saint Croix Macaw
The extinction of birds in the Caribbean occurred during three periods. The first period was linked to the sea-level rise after the end of the last ice age. The second period of extinction is linked to the arrival of the Amerindians, while the third extinction period is linked to the arrival of the Europeans.Although the exact causes of the extinction of the Saint Croix Macaw are unknown, it is likely related to arrival of the humans in the region.The presence of the bones in kitchen middens suggests that the species was hunted for food.The bones found by Máiz López are dated to about 300 CE, which implies that the extinction of the Saint Croix Macaw occurred after that
Lesser Antillean Macaw
The Lesser Antillean Macaw [2] (Ara guadeloupensis) also known as Guadeloupe Macaw is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw species from the Antilles island of Guadeloupe. It was first described in detail by Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre in 1654 and 1657 and later in 1742 by Jean Baptiste Labat.[2] Du Tetre described it as follows:
‘The Arras is a sort of Parrot bigger than all the others. This is proved because those of Guadaloupe are larger than all the other Parrots, both those from the Islands as well as from the Mainland ; while this Arras is larger than these by one third. It has the head, the neck, the belly and the back of the colour of fire ; its wings are a mixture of yellow azure, and crimson feathers; while the tail is entirely red and a foot-and-a-half long.’
Domican Green and Yellow Macaw
The Dominican Green-and-Yellow Macaw or Atwood’s Macaw(Ara atwoodi), also called the Dominican Macaw, is extinct, and only known through the writings of zoologist Thomas Atwood in 1791. Atwood wrote of a macaw from Dominica with green and yellow plumage and “a scarlet coloured fleshy substance from the ears to the root of the bill.”[1] No archeological remains are known of this bird, and it is thus widely considered an extinct hypothetically existent parrot.
Glaucous Macaw
Either critically endangered or extinct.
Today is Endangered Species Day. Here is a look of macaw species that were lost over the centuries.
In honor of Endangered Species Day on May 17, 2013, BirdChannel is helping promote awareness of endangered parrot species all month long.
The yellow-eared parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis) is an endangered bird native to parts of South America. The story of the yellow-eared parrot is one of successful. Prior to 1999, the species was considered extinct, until 81 individuals were discovered in Colombia. Habitat loss, the pet trade, hunting for food and the destruction of wax palms, a plant key to the yellow-eared parrot’s survival, had caused the population to drop. After those 81 birds were discovered, conservation efforts were started to help the species. Read more about their story here.
In honor of Endangered Species Day on May 17, 2013, BirdChannel is helping promote awareness of endangered parrot species all month long.
The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is an endangered parrot native to Mexico. Bird Life estimates the population 2,000 to 2,800 mature individuals; World Parrot Trust estimates the population to be 1,000 to 4,000 parrots. The thick-billed parrot used to be native to parts of the United States, one of only two species to the United States. The birds disappeared in the 1900s from the U.S., likely from hunting. Read more here.
