10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. Parrots confiscated at the Honduran/Nicaraguan border now at the National Zoo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras © James Gilardi The controversy starts right here between us and the birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Threats to the Great Green Macaw include habitat destruction (especially any cutting of Dipteryx trees used by macaws for nesting and food) and capture for the pet bird trade. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata).

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 272

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

The biggest threats to their continued survival in the wilderness are habitat destruction and hunting, for both food and for the pet trade (though they are not considered in the least bit endangered).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. • Explore These Related Posts What is the National Bird of Honduras? Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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