Australian Birdkeeper 08.09 2021

Scarlet Macaw pairs inspect
a natural cavity (left) and an
artificial nest box

Four new areas have been designated as release sites, all

of which are historical distribution areas of the macaws,

a major parameter of the release program. However,

Covid-19 has had its impact, as with everything, and

delayed plans. Income from tourist visits, which largely

supported Macaw Mountain, came to an abrupt halt in

March 2020. With support from the World Parrot Trust’s A chick gets a weight
check as part of its health
donors, the park has been able to keep operating and, examination

most importantly, keep the team of biologists and other

staff together to run the breeding centre and monitor the hurricanes hit back-to-back within two weeks. The birds in

free-flying birds breeding in the valley. the breeding centre were all temporarily moved to safety.

Macaw Mountain is approximately 2km from the ruins The free-flying population emerged unscathed. However

and many of the birds fly back and forth between the two the hurricanes had a huge effect on the country and set

sites each day, with nest boxes in both areas. It is hoped everything back again.

the 2021 breeding season will result in 15–20 chicks Ultimately, the government had to open the country up

successfully fledging from the free-flying population, and to allow for rescue efforts and transportation of goods,

a similar number from the captive-breeding population in and this has led to a gradual return of local tourism.

the breeding centre. This has been of great benefit to Macaw Mountain and,

These chicks are parent-raised where possible but, while things aren’t back to where they were, it has

when it is necessary to assist through handrearing, human allowed cautious optimism that the expanded release

contact is kept to a minimum. All the birds bred in the program can go ahead, rather than being paused or even

breeding centre this year are earmarked for release abandoned completely.

into the wild. In the short term, it is hoped to establish There have been positives and negatives to come out

populations in the four areas of Honduras mentioned of both the pandemic and the hurricanes, however the

above but, in the longer term—perhaps another two resilience and adaptability of the staff at Macaw Mountain,

years—it is hoped to expand the program to other with support from the WPT, have seen it come through a

countries in Central America, where the birds were difficult time with renewed hope for macaw conservation

historically found. in Central America.

This is another example of the WPT’s ability to work

HURRICANES HIT HONDURAS closely with local partners on projects and create

The government of Honduras was planning a cautious long-term relationships with real impact. For further

roadmap out of Covid-19 restrictions, declaring a national information on this and other World Parrot Trust

holiday and four-day weekend in November 2020 to projects, sign up to the free monthly email newsletter

allow local tourism to recommence, when two severe Flock Talk at www.parrots.org/flocktalk/.

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conservation El Oro Parakeets
AUTHOR DR DAVID WAUGH
PHOTO FUNDACIÓN JOCOTOCO

Ecuador’s

Biodiversity Calls

IF YOU LIKE COUNTRIES WHICH ARE inform the actions needed for its conservation, in 2001
biologically diverse, Ecuador beckons you. Although the Loro Parque Fundación commenced its support (now
Colombia ranks first in the world for number of bird totalling US$688 719) of a project by the Ecuadorean

species (with 1878 species), Ecuador ranks a respectable non-government organisation Fundación Jocotoco. Initially

fifth with 1622 species. So, Ecuador has 86% of Colombia’s focussed on the Buenaventura Reserve of Fundación

number of bird species, with just 25% of the total land Jocotoco, the project expanded to investigate the situation

area of its northern neighbour. It is densely diverse! Both of the El Oro Parakeet at other sites within its known

countries are rich in parrot species, and each has parrot distribution. More recently it has included other species of

species found only within its geographical boundaries. psittacines from the region as well.

The project has revealed important details about

THE EL ORO PARAKEET the ecology and reproduction of the El Oro Parakeet,

Davi One interesting array of parrots is found in the south of not least that it is a co-operatively breeding species.

592 • BIRDKEEPER.COM.AU Ecuador, with special attention to the cloud forests of the This system (in which individuals altruistically delay

Andes mountains. Endemic to those forests and restricted reproduction to help others raise their young) has

to a meagre area of about 3800km sq on the west slope is advantages but also reduces the number of individuals

the El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi. It is listed as Endangered breeding in any one year, which in turn can increase the

in the International Union for Conservation of Nature risk of loss of genetic diversity.

(IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, principally due to Almost certainly reflecting a shortage of natural

forest loss and fragmentation within its tiny distribution. cavities, it was discovered at an early stage that the El

To learn more about the ecology of the parakeet to better Oro Parakeet will readily breed in nest boxes, and these

have been used with great success within and outside the

Buenaventura Reserve.

The project determined that forest patches at altitudes

suitable for the El Oro Parakeet are separated by large,

deforested areas that the parakeets will not cross. Similarly,

they are unlikely to fly between optimal habitat by using

forest patches situated in altitudes too high or low.

Another finding is that climate change is causing an

upslope shift in the parakeet’s distribution. The project is

tackling these issues with expansion of the reserve and

the creation of an eco-corridor, configured not only to

increase connectivity among different subpopulations of

the parakeet, but also to preserve water supply and other

ecosystem services for people. As such, environmental

education with the local communities is a key element.

Map of southern Ecuador, showing the two reserves of GROWING THE PROJECT
Fundación Jocotoco In Buenaventura Reserve, 2020 was an excellent breeding
year for El Oro Parakeets, with 114 parakeets fledged from
PHOTO FUNDACIÓN JOCOTOCO the nests. From the start of the nest-box program to date,
a total of 559 El Oro Parakeets have successfully fledged
White-breasted Parakeet from the artificial nests, most notably between 2018 and
2020. In 2002, only 60 El Oro Parakeets were protected
PHOTO GARY CLARK within the Buenaventura Reserve—now this number is 240.

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Over the past three years the project has expanded Golden-plumed Parakeet
its scope to increase the populations of certain other
psittacine species of the cloud forests in the El Oro PHOTO FELIX URIBE
and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces of southern Ecuador.
The two centres of expansion are the Buenaventura Red-masked Parakeet
Reserve plus surrounding zone, and another protected
area of Fundación Jocotoco, the Tapichalaca Reserve in PHOTO FUNDACIÓN JOCOTOCO
the east Andes.

In Buenaventura, the other psittacine receiving
attention is the Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara
erythrogenys, a species which is Near Threatened because
of population decline, mainly due to trapping for the pet
trade. In higher elevation Tapichalaca, the two species
of interest are the White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura
albipectus, which is Vulnerable because of its small
distribution and forest clearance, and the more common
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii, deemed
to be of ‘Least Concern’ because of its much larger
geographical distribution in the Andes and its slowed
rate of decline.

The Golden-plumed Parakeet is included alongside the
White-breasted Parakeet in the conservation actions of
the Tapichalaca Reserve because the project is expanding
the nest-box program. Both species have already been
shown by Loro Parque Fundación-funded work in 2008
and 2009 to successfully use nest boxes in the reserve.

THE RED-MASKED PARAKEET

Unlike those two species, the Red-masked Parakeet

Aratinga erythrogenys is in much demand as a pet ELEVATIONAL RANGES OF PARROT
and is the focal species for the project’s activities to SPECIES AND PROTECTED AREAS
address the parrot trade and the cultural custom of IN SOUTHERN ECUADOR
keeping parrots as pets in both El Oro and Zamora-

Chinchipe provinces. The two main methods to

achieve this involve the communities’ and schools’

environmental education and awareness campaign, Grey-cheeked Parakeet

and the monitoring of illegal markets. Currently the PHOTO MARK HARPER

monitoring locations are spread across El Oro Province,

with a concentration in the city of Piñas, close to

the Buenaventura Reserve, and along the southern

border with Peru. Observing all necessary safeguards,

an additional activity is the release into Buenaventura Elevational ranges of selected
parrots in southern Ecuador.
Reserve of Red-masked Parakeets confiscated by the Solid line and circle = normal
range and mid-point; dotted
authorities and rehabilitated by the project. line = exceptional range;
BR = Buenaventura Reserve;
GREY-CHEEKED PARAKEETS TABLE 1. ELEVATIONAL RANGES AND TR = Tapichalaca Reserve;
Another species found in Buenaventura Reserve, but STATUS OF SELECTED PARROTS IN B.p. = Grey-cheeked Parakeet,
of largely lowland distribution in south-west Ecuador SOUTHERN ECUADOR P.e. = Red-masked Parakeet,
and north-east Peru, is the Grey-cheeked Parakeet P.o. = El Oro Parakeet,
Brotogeris pyrrhoptera. This species has Endangered L.b. = Golden-plumed Parakeet,
status due to trapping for the pet trade and consequent P.a. = White-necked Parakeet.
rapid population decline. Although it is not a priority of Additional blue line of
the project, this parakeet is protected in the reserve. P.o. = revised range due
Monitoring of markets allows detection of individuals in to climate change.
trade and required interventions.
Location and IUCN Population Normal Exceptional
BIODIVERSITY species category size, global* range (m) range (m)
Returning to the subject of biodiversity, the Buenaventura
Reserve has eight species of psittacines, and the Buenaventura Reserve 400 – 1450
Tapichalaca Reserve has seven. The two reserves have
only one species in common, the Red-billed Parrot El Oro Parakeet EN 350 – 1,500 800 – 1300 300 – 1,800
Pionus sordidus, and the good news is that of the total
15 different species, 11 of them are not threatened with - with climate 900 – 1,600
extinction. One threatened species distributed between change effect
2500 and 3500m elevation on the east Andean slope is
the Vulnerable Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops. Red‐masked Parakeet NT >10,000 0 – 1500 0 – 2,500
Although its altitudinal range coincides very well with the
Tapichalaca Reserve, this species is not recorded there. Grey‐cheeked Parakeet EN c15,000 0 – 700 0 – 1,400
Tantalisingly, however, it appears to occur remarkably
close by. Perhaps this will be a future addition to the Tapichalaca Reserve 1,800 – 3,400
project portfolio.
Golden-plumed Parakeet LC 11,000 – 30,000 2,400 – 3,400 1,400 – 3,600

White-necked Parakeet VU 2,500-9,999 900 – 2,000

* BirdLife International

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bird talk Ramping Up the Fight for the
AUTHOR BUSH HERITAGE AUSTRALIA
NIGHT PARROT

Night Parrot

PHOTO STEVE MURPHY

NATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT
conservation group Bush Heritage Australia
has announced a $304 500 boost towards
protecting Australia's critically endangered Night Parrot

Pezoporus occidentalis by the Queensland Government.

Bush Heritage Australia manages land and partners with

Aboriginal people to conserve natural landscapes and Night Parrots nest in hummocks of spinifex
irreplaceable native species. It currently protects at least
6700 native species, including 226 threatened species, on PHOTO ANNETTE RUZICKA

Pullen Pullen Reserve its reserve and partnership properties. PULLEN PULLEN QUICK FACTS
protects a multitude of
other species, like this There are believed to be just 10–20 Night Parrots at • The Traditional Owners are the Maiawali people.
Diamond Dove
Pullen Pullen Reserve, on Maiawali Country in western • The land was purchased by Bush Heritage in 2016 after
PHOTO STEPHEN KEARNEY
Queensland. The Night Parrot is only found in Australia the Night Parrot was discovered in the area in 2013 in
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and the only known population in Queensland occurs what was the first confirmed live sighting of the bird

on Pullen Pullen and surrounds. The Pullen Pullen in more than a century.

population are the only Night Parrots subject to • The property spans 56 000ha and provides habitat to a

ongoing ecological research. range of other native species, including the Plains Wanderer,

The grant, under the Department of Environment and Grey Falcon, Kowari and Dusky Hopping Mouse.

Science’s NatureAssist program, will fund a number of

targeted management actions including:

• A Night Parrot ecologist NIGHT PARROT QUICK FACTS

• Ecological monitoring equipment, such as song meters • First recorded by Europeans in 1845, the species had

and camera traps virtually disappeared by the turn of the 20th century.

• Bushfire prevention work Until the discovery of dead Night Parrots in western

• Feral predator control Queensland in 1990 and 2006, there had been no

• Engaging with the Maiawali Traditional Owners, and definitive records since about 1870.

• Outfitting Pullen Pullen's scientific research station. • The Night Parrot, as the name suggests, is nocturnal.

This will allow researchers to build on the current It is ground-dwelling and builds its nest in hummocks

understanding of Night Parrot population numbers, trends of spinifex grass.

and breeding habits, and ensure the ongoing protection • Its primary threats are inappropriate fire regimes

of its habitat. Pullen Pullen was granted Special Wildlife and introduced predators, particularly feral cats.

Reserve status in 2020, awarding it the same level of • Using the results of research conducted on Pullen Pullen,

protection as a national park. Night Parrots have now been discovered at several locations.

To find out more about Bush Heritage Australia’s work, Most of these discoveries have been the result of work by

go to www.bushheritage.org.au. indigenous ranger groups.

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The African Lovebird Society of Australia AUTHOR & PHOTOS DAVID HORN

SHOW IS BACK bird talk

Champion Young, Best Fischer's Lovebird— Davi
a Normal Fischer's Lovebird bred by David Horn

THE AFRICAN LOVEBIRD SOCIETY OF CARTOON CORNER Best Pairs Open,
Australia, like most other clubs, went into a Peach-faced Lovebirds—
Covid-induced state of hibernation in 2020. Our bred by Colin Isbister
meetings were suspended, and the club’s two major shows
were cancelled. Even the Sydney Royal Easter Show was
cancelled for the first time since the end of World War 2.

We are thankful that 2021 had until recently, seen
a gradual return to more normal activities, including
allowing us to hold our meetings and the first of our
two annual shows.

Our May 30 show, held at Sydney Olympic Equestrian
Centre, runs alongside community group events including
shows for the Sydney Wood Turners, Koi Society and Bonsai
Society, and therefore attracts a wide variety of people.

We had a good number of birds benched in both Open
and Young classes, covering all lovebird species, including Grand Champion, Champion Open & Best Peach-faced
the Black-cheeked Lovebird. (The Black-cheeked is held Lovebird—a Turquoise Opaline bred by Brian Holdsworth
in very low numbers in Australia.) The show also gave
exhibitors and the committee an opportunity to discuss
club activities and the care of our birds with many
interested members of the public, including potential
recruits to the club.

SHOW RESULTS

• Grand Champion, Champion Open and Best Peach-faced
Lovebird—Brian Holdsworth with a Turquoise Opaline.

• Reserve Champion Open and Champion Young—David
Horn with a Normal Fischer’s Lovebird.

• Reserve Champion Young—Colin Isbister with an
Orange-faced Peach-faced Lovebird.

• Best pairs—Colin Isbister with his Peach-faced Lovebirds.
The African Lovebird Society of Australia would like to

thank all exhibitors, particularly those who travelled from
the Central Coast to participate. We look forward to the
second major event at St Ives on Sunday, November 28.

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