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Another Endemic Amazona

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Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed. Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present. Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present.

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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Some ways to help this incredible bird include supporting the Macaw Recovery Network , any efforts to protect and reforest habitat from eastern Honduras to eastern Panama and northern Colombia, and never buying a Great Green Macaw. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata). Guanacaste Hummingbird (Amazilia alfaroensis).

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. The parrot is multicolored, providing a simple explanation for the Latin species name of varius. Like many humans, the species is “socially monogamous but sexually promiscuous” ( source ).

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

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Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. The parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees. Other Europeans came.

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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds. But how can we protect animals from drones in the hands of irresponsible pilots ? Image © Womackke.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. At this hour I am a reluctant, under-caffeinated sherpa – and concentration must be given to the dangers of the footpath ahead.

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Palm Springs, Western Australia

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The long grasses and reeds were perfect for them and they had plenty of protection along the length of the river. There is very little human presence in the area so all of the “treasures” were mainly natural apart from a piece of a broken glass bottle. Black-necked Stork.

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