El Oro Parakeet - One Of World's Rarest Parrots - To Benefit From Conservation Land Purchase In Ecuador

El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi). Image by Dusan BrinkhuizenThe outlook for at least 15 globally endangered bird species—including the rare El Oro Parakeet—has just gotten brighter, thanks to a land deal engineered by Ecuador’s Fundación Jocotoco, Rainforest Trust, and American Bird Conservancy. The deal expands Ecuador’s renowned Buenaventura Reserve by 600 acres, to a total of 4,600 acres.

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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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California Couple Buys Habitat for Rare Ecuadorian Parakeets

El Oro Parakeets, Fundacion JocotocoMALIBU, California, June 10, 2004 (ENS) - A husband and wife team of environmentalists has scored a victory in saving a critically endangered bird in Ecuador. The El Oro parakeet, a species discovered 24 years ago by ornithologist Dr. Robert Ridgely, had declined to an estimated 125 birds.

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