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A Literature Synthesis of Actions to Tackle Illegal Parrot Trade
Diversity, 2021 The order Psittaciformes is one of the most prevalent groups in the illegal wildlife trade. Efforts to understand this threat have focused on describing the elements of the trade itself: actors, extraction rates, and routes.
Ada Sánchez-Mercado +3 more
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Parasites of Psittaciformes and Accipitriformes in Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaIn this study, we investigated the presence of gastrointestinal helminths in 97 captive birds (Psittaciformes and Accipitriformes) necropsied between June and December 2011 in the state of Paraiba, Brazil. Forty-three birds were infected.
Cristiane Maria Fernandes de Melo +7 more
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Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, 2019 Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx conocido comúnmente como loro hablador chaqueño, amazona de alas amarillas o amazona argentino. Su población se distribuye en Argentina desde el distrito fitogeográfico de la Selva Pedemontana de la región fitogeográfica de ...
Antonio Sciabarrasi +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne +1 more
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The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae) [PDF]
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2011 Cockatoos are the distinctive family Cacatuidae, a major lineage of the order of parrots (Psittaciformes) and distributed throughout the Australasian region of the world. However, the evolutionary history of cockatoos is not well understood. We investigated the phylogeny of cockatoos based on three mitochondrial and three nuclear DNA genes obtained ...
White, N.E. +7 more
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.This report explores which muscles of the pectoral girdle are employed to allow birds to hold their wings horizontally with a level aerofoil surface during a glide. Abstract Whilst many birds glide briefly with wings held horizontally, some species maintain this posture for extended periods during soaring.
D. Charles Deeming, María Clelia Mosto
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DiversityAvian brood reduction was initially thought to be driven by insufficient food supply. Now it is more commonly considered a consequence of asynchronous hatching and resulting siblicide, direct filial infanticide (where parents kill specific chicks) or ...
Gabriela Vigo-Trauco +2 more
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Nidificación inusual del Loro Barranquero (Cyanoliseus patagonus) en cavidades naturales de árboles [PDF]
, 2018 The Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus is known to breed in burrows mostly on cliffs and ravines in arid or semi‐arid regions of Argentina and Chile.
Berkunsky, Igor +4 more
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Psittaciformes exhibit high levels of morphological diversity, particularly in skull and beak structure, previously linked to diet and body size. Although there were some levels of significance between diet and beak shape, body mass was a much stronger co‐variate. Diet is not determining beak shape within the clade.
Shannon L. Harrison +2 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of golden conure (Guaruba guarouba)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 Arini tribe with 19 genera is the most diversified tribe of neotropical parrots. Six of them are classified as macaws and nine as conures. The presence of bare facial area distinguishes macaws from conures and other members of this tribe.
Adam Dawid Urantówka +2 more
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