Land Acquisition in Ecuador Will Help Conserve Rare Parakeet and Other Endangered Species

El Oro Parakeet and chick in the Buenaventura Reserve by Benjamin Skolnik(Washington, D.C., December 20, 2011) A critical, 318-acre parcel of land in southwestern Ecuador has been acquired as part of the Buenaventura Reserve, and will help protect the globally endangered El Oro Parakeet – a bird that appears to number fewer than 1,000 individuals in the wild.

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Endangered birds get new home

Blur of bird: One of the 15 birds, which were relocated from the Isaac Wildlife Trust in Christchurch, is freed by Jonathon Cash, 15. The birds could start to breed within a month of being on Blumine Island.New Zealand's most endangered parakeet has found a new home on Blumine Island in the Queen Charlotte Sound.

Fifteen orange-fronted parakeet (or kakariki) were released on the island yesterday in front of members of the Department of Conservation, Te Atiawa and Rangitane iwi.

They did not hesitate in getting to know their new home, with most birds flying the coop as soon as the hatch door was opened.

The species is classified as nationally critical with a high risk of extinction. There are about 300 birds in the wild.

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Macaws poached in the Chiquibul

Scarlet macawThe Scarlet Macaw may arguably be the most magnificent bird of the parrot family. They live in higher elevations and riparian forests, where they form their habitat in tall deciduous trees and lay about two to three eggs for the year. Only a small population of the endangered species remains in Belize. In the Chiquibul, their central breeding ground, it was first recorded that Guatemalans would engage in opportunistic poaching while in the forest to extract lumber and xate. But in recent years, there is evidence that they come solely in the Chiquibul Forest to poach the Macaws for a thriving pet trade. News Five’s Andrea Polanco tonight concludes a special report on the Chiquibul with the story of the beautiful macaw.

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More and more pet birds in need of new homes

Olive is a Jenday conure who is fostered at the home of Merlyn and Lynn Harold in Henderson on Monday, December 12, 2011.Photo: Leila Navidi When Alex, an African Grey Parrot known to converse and vocally identify colors and objects, died in 2007, he garnered obituaries in national publications for his role in a 30-year study that examined intelligence in parrots.

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Leeds man in £5,000 parrots con

Hyacinth MacawA fraudster has avoided jail after he conned a parrot expert out of £5,000.

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