Don Tony Rodriguez’s Parrots

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett dedicates the flight cages of the Iguaca Aviary to José Antonio Rodríguez Vidal at the grand openingI bet a “mallorca con azúcar” from La Bombonera, that if you ask anyone the name of an endemic animal from Puerto Rico, many would name the Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata). One of the first scientists responsible for people knowing about this bird and recognizing its endangered situation, was my grandfather, Don José A. Rodríguez Vidal (Don Tony; 1925-2009).

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Protective nets prove fatal for birds

Parrots die after getting entangled in the nets erected around a jowar field at Lingatla in Neredigonda mandal of Adilabad distrct. Photo: S. Harpal Singh Tackling the ever growing monkey menace in Adilabad, the district to which Forest and Environment Minister Jogu Ramanna belongs, has strangely turned calamitous for birds which essentially depend upon food crops for survival. Stranger still is the fact that neither the Forest nor the Panchayat Raj department have woken up to this issue which can eventually spell disaster for the avian world.

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New parrot virus linked to infections among humans, HK research finds

A 10-year-old Amazon Parrot Ka at the Pei Tau Village Playground, Sha Tin. Photo: Dickson LeeHKU researchers discover bird bug that may have indirectly led to six animal quarantine staff being hospitalised with lung infections.

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Hunter criticised for video guide showing how to kill parakeets in back garden

Ring necked parakeets. Image by GillK2012RSPB is among critics of the video showing how to kill parakeets who have been stealing fruit in London suburbs.

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Collapse of native parrot and parakeet population in the Dominican Republic

Parrot breeding grounds are hard to reach. Counts conducted by Fondo Pro Naturaleza (PRONATURA) at the the The Humeadora Mountain National Park (PNMH) show that the populations of both the Hispaniolan parrot (Amazona ventralis) and the Hispaniolan parakeet (Psittacara chloroptera) are in sharp decline. Biodiversity specialist, Juan Llamacho reports that during the monitoring of the populations in this years nesting season only 40 pairs of the parrot could be observed compared to 300 pairs 2 decades ago.

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