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Exotic parrots breeding in urban tree cavities: nesting requirements, geographic distribution, and potential impacts on cavity nesting birds in southeast Florida

Avian Research, 2019
Background Exotic parrots have established breeding populations in southeast Florida, including several species that nest in tree cavities. We aimed to determine the species identity, nest site requirements, relative nest abundance, geographic ...
Joshua M. Diamond, Michael S. Ross
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Individual Responses of Captive Amazon Parrots to Routine Handling Can Reflect Their Temperament

Animals, 2023
Individual responses to physical restraint and temperament have been assessed in birds of several species; however, there is a paucity of research which investigates both aspects, especially in captive parrots.
Gabriela Ramos, Victor Araújo Franzone Vital, Talys Henrique Assumpção Jardim, Gustavo Nunes, Maria Eduarda Caçador Branco, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Aline Cristina Sant’Anna   +6 more
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Inferring patterns of wildlife trade through monitoring social media: Shifting dynamics of trade in wild-sourced African Grey parrots following major regulatory changes

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Monitoring wildlife trade on social media can help understand patterns of legal and illegal trade and provide insights into the underpinning processes.
Alisa Davies, Neil D’Cruze, Cristiana Senni, Rowan O. Martin   +3 more
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Global trade in parrots – Influential factors of trade and implications for conservation

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Parrots are the most traded birds internationally, mainly to be used as companion pets, which threatens the global biodiversity. Using the large dataset derived from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...
David Tsz Chung Chan, Emily Shui Kei Poon, Anson Tsz Chun Wong, Simon Yung Wa Sin   +3 more
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Memory for own actions in parrots

Scientific Reports, 2022
The ability to recall one’s past actions is a crucial prerequisite for mental self-representation and episodic memory. We studied whether blue-throated macaws, a social macaw species, can remember their previous actions.
Sara Torres Ortiz, Simeon Q. Smeele, Juliette Champenois, Auguste M. P. von Bayern   +3 more
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Poaching sources and trade routes in Peru and Ecuador warn of the unsustainable rural demand for preferred parrot species

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Illegal wildlife trade remains highly active in the Neotropics, as indicated by the thousands of parrots annually sold in illicit city markets. However, little is known about where parrots are poached, whether certain parrot species are selected among ...
Pedro Romero‐Vidal, Bernardo Toledo‐González, Lydia Bunn, Guillermo Blanco, Fernando Hiraldo, Alan Omar Bermúdez‐Cavero, Martina Carrete, José Luis Tella   +7 more
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Image Classification of Amazon Parrots by Deep Learning: A Potentially Useful Tool for Wildlife Conservation

Biology, 2022
Parrots play a crucial role in the ecosystem by performing various roles, such as consuming the reproductive structures of plants and dispersing plant seeds. However, most are threatened because of habitat loss and commercial trade.
Jung-Il Kim, Jong-Won Baek, Chang-Bae Kim   +2 more
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Feather picking in pet parrots: sensitive species, risk factor and ethological evidence

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2016
The goals of this study were to estimate the prevalence of feather picking (FP) in Italian pet parrots and evaluate the risk factors and possible ethological correlation.
Pierluca Costa, Elisabetta Macchi, Laura Tomassone, Fulvio Ricceri, Enrico Bollo, Frine Eleonora Scaglione, Martina Tarantola, Michele De Marco, Liviana Prola, Domenico Bergero, Achille Schiavone   +10 more
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Core and Shell Song Systems Unique to the Parrot Brain.

PLoS ONE, 2015
The ability to imitate complex sounds is rare, and among birds has been found only in parrots, songbirds, and hummingbirds. Parrots exhibit the most advanced vocal mimicry among non-human animals.
Mukta Chakraborty, Solveig Walløe, Signe Nedergaard, Emma E Fridel, Torben Dabelsteen, Bente Pakkenberg, Mads F Bertelsen, Gerry M Dorrestein, Steven E Brauth, Sarah E Durand, Erich D Jarvis   +10 more
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in Four Species of Parrots in China [PDF]

Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2014
In this study, antibodies against avian Hepatitis E Virus (avian HEV) were detected in 6.43% of examined serum samples (n=311) from budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), lovebirds (Agapornis sp.), cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) and Alexandrine ...
Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Nian-Zhang Zhang, Dong-Hui Zhou, Wei-Peng Tian, Ying-Tian Xu and Xing-Quan Zhu
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