Friday, March 30, 2012 at 14:39 
A young parrot waits in an artificial nest box in a quindío for its parents to return with food. Photograph by Pablo Corral VegaFifteen years ago the yellow-eared parrot was presumed extinct. Its rediscovery in Colombia forced the Catholic Church to abandon an age-old tradition, and brought about one of the most amazing comebacks in the Americas.
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 12:21 “I used to work on my land growing crops and tending my cattle, but then about 13 years ago, I entered a new world, that of conservation, of species, of nature. And I feel content, because I feel I am contributing my part of love, and I am helping to raise the awareness of my friends and colleagues in the municipality. And I think that contributes to a healthy future for Roncesvalles.” — Gonzalo Cardona, Fundación ProAves.
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 11:00 
Yellow-eared Parrot © Pete Morris/Birdquest, from the surfbirds galleries.The numbers of the once-thought extinct, Yellow-eared Parrot have increased to their highest levels since the species was found on the brink of extinction in 1998, when just 81 birds were found in one flock surviving in a remote mountainous area of Colombia.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 11:21 
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.
Monday, September 1, 2008 at 10:20 
Yellow-eared parrot looking out from nest. Image by: ProAvesConservation work by ProAves in Colombia is paying dividends as numbers top 1000
September 2008. Unprecedented progress has been made towards the conservation of the Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia. A total of 80 nests, both natural and artificial, were reported and monitored by ProAves as well as the successful fledging of a fantastic 203 chicks.
