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Parrots in My Costa Rican Neighborhood

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Costa Rica is a country situated well south of the Tropic of Cancer and like most places without a winter, parrots are an essential part of the local avifauna. With 18 species of native Psittacids to choose from, birding in Costa Rica is always a thrill, especially for someone who grew up in parrotless Niagara Falls, New York!

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Swift Parrots of Muckleford

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Debbie Wortland is an inspiration and a reminder that citizen-scientists can make significant contributions, even with an endangered species.

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Searching for the Puerto Rican Parrot

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But instead of picking up chronologically from where I left off I have decided to skip ahead to our last evening in Puerto Rico when we were going for the biggest prize of all the Puerto Rican endemic birds, the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot. How about some pictures of parrots? We saw a Puerto Rican Parrot !

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Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

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Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. Puerto Rican Parrot – Amazona vittata.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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Yellow-naped Parrot. Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua. A serious world mega and even more so because this species is truly scarce and without a doubt, truly endangered. Bare-necked Umbrellabird.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. avian diversity: the Puerto Rican Parrot is the only remaining native parrot species and the sole representative of the Tody family ( Todidae) is the Puerto Rican Tody. Some of these are unique examples of U.S.

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Week Seven: Stewart Island & Penguins

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Ulva Island is one of many New Zealand islands that the DOC has worked very hard to remove all the pests, and re-introduce many of the endangered species. The second great spotting was the local Kaka , a parrot that is an endemic to the South Island. All these newly introduced vermin had a field day.