El Oro parakeet  (Pyrrhura orcesi)

Authentication

Authenticated (13/03/09) by Priv.-Doz. Dr. H. Martin Schaefer, Department of Animal Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Freiburg.
http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/data/bio1/schaefer/index.html

Glossary

  • Cloud forest: a tropical mountain forest with a high incidence of cloud cover throughout the year.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Flight-feathers: the feathers at the end of the wing, involved in flight.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. BirdLife International (November, 2008)
    http://www.birdlife.org
  3. CITES (March, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Ridgely, R.S. and Robbins, M.B. (1988) Pyrrhura orcesi, a new parakeet from southwestern Ecuador, with systematic notes on the P. melanura complex. The Wilson Bulletin, 100(2): 173 - 182.
  5. World Parrot Trust (November, 2008)
    http://www.parrots.org
  6. The Complete Lexicon of Parrots (November, 2008)
    http://www.arndt-verlag.com/home.htm
  7. Schaefer, H.M. and Schmidt, V. (2004) Final report of the El Oro Parakeet project, Southwester Ecuador 2002-2003. Fundación Jocotoco, Ecuador. Available at: http://www.fjocotoco.org/pdf/final-report-pyrrhura.pdf
  8. American Bird Conservancy (November, 2008)
    http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/international/action/eloro_parakeet.html
  9. Schaefer, H.M. (2009) Pers. comm.
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