Yellow-eared parrot. Image by Colombia TravelMarch 2009. ProAves has established a second permanent ecological zone in Colombia to conserve the Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parrot. The ecological zone was created next door to the Yellow-eared Parrot Bird Reserve on a farm called La Antioqueña, in Riosucio.
Antioqueña is a 1038 acres farm situated at 2600-2850 metres above sea level and located in the humid montane forest. It contains 692 acres of forest and 346 acres of pasturelands for cattle. This is a critical site for the Yellow-eared Parrot for reproduction and feeding due to the presence of the Wax Palm and key foraging trees such as Cytharexilum subflavescens, Croton magdalenensis and Sapium utyle.
Farm La Antioqueña farm and Yellow-eared Parrot Bird Reserve
Private conservation area
The farm is owned by Julia Amparo Velásquez Mejía and Gildardo Alzate Gómez, two veterinary doctors devoted to conservation, have owned the land for twenty years ago. With their help, ProAves will manage the farm for the benefit of the parrots with actions such as silvi-pasture, forest fragment protection and Wax Palm reforestation.
The reserve was set up with the support of Fundación Loro Parque and American Bird Conservancy.
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