IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group

Mystery creature found in 'forbidden cloud forest' of Peru is new species of marsupial The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.

a new species described from remote Peruvian Andes

A promotional flyer for the event. It reads "The Glories of Nature: The GNSI Great Plains Chapter and Friends are holding an exhibit at Langworthy Art Gallery in the Civic Center in Seward from September 13 to October 31. Please come join us for a reception Saturday, September 27, 2pm - 4pm at the Civic Center!" There is an illustration of a frog, bright yellow flowers, and insects in a nature setting.

Hope everyone has fun meeting the artists today at the reception for the GNSI Great Plains chapter's "The Glories of Nature" #SciArt exhibit! Stop by the Langworthy Art Gallery in Seward, NE from 2 - 4pm today for the reception, or visit at your convenience through October 31 to view the exhibit.

Congrats to Limbe Wildlife Center for releasing additional African Grey Parrots to the wild! limbewildlife.org/wp-content/u...

Wildlife traffickers continue to engage in illegal trade of #Spix's #Macaws & other wildlife from various countries, right under the noses of #CITES authorities. This raises serious concerns about whether #CITES is an ineffective organization, corrupt, or a combination of both.

Feathers fly in dispute over Ambani zoo's pursuit of rare parrot This is a story about a bird and a family. But this is no ordinary bird, and this is no ordinary family.

The Brazilian endemic Spix’s Macaw has been listed on #CITES Appendix I as an endangered species, receiving complete protection from trade under this #UN convention for decades. This agreement includes 151 signatory countries.

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Kudos to DRC and all the people that made this happen!
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Parrot registration now mandatory in Punjab | The Express Tribune Parrot registration now mandatory in Punjab

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Why captive breeding won’t save wild parrots - Africa Geographic Can commercial captive breeding of parrots reduce pressure on wild populations, or does it worsen the conservation crisis?

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FLY FREE Teaser I started noticing the parrots outside my window during a quiet season in my life—and they pulled me into a story I didn’t expect to tell. Fly Free is…

Urban parrot conservation in action! A brief video on what some of our members are doing in their local community.
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While we celebrate the beauty and freedom of wild parrots on World Parrot Day, we do not want to forget those who suffer at the hands of human beings. #WorldParrotDay
Parrots confiscated from illegal trade.
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Happy World Parrot Day from my chattering neighbors 🦜💖🌉

Two goofy looking grey cockatoo babies - one with a red head

A fluffy green and grey superb parrot with an orange beak

Three regent parrots with grey fluff and green and yellow feathers

Fluffy trio of baby OBPs held in blue gloves

I think it is (or was?) world parrot day! Here’s some of our difficult birds! Gang gang, superb, regent and orange-bellied parrot baybeeez 🤩🤩🤩♥️

Health and Welfare subgroup supports and interacts with all the other… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Health and Welfare subgroup supports and interacts with all the other subgroups: the status of wild parots' health is often unknow yet so important to conservation measusres. As the previous post ...

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And the release of birds which have been in captivity or in smuggling can… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group And the release of birds which have been in captivity or in smuggling can expose native wild parrots to disease, and even the risk of extinction. Crimson Roselaa exhibiting external signs of PFBD phot...

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Our members, celebrating World Parrot Day with their favorite… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Our members, celebrating World Parrot Day with their favorite parrots: Neiva Guedes "The hyacinth macaw is my favorite species, for being so vulnerable and resilient at the same time. Most couple...

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Members of WPaSG celebrating World Parrot Day with their favorite species:… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Members of WPaSG celebrating World Parrot Day with their favorite species: Neil Hamilton "My favorite mystery parrot is the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. Why because it is the ghost bird o...

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Our favorite day of the year: WORLD PARROT DAY!
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HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY
and
HAPPY HATCHDAY TO US!

We are here to promote, advance, and change the ways that parrot conservation is done!

HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY and HAPPY HATCHDAY TO US! We are here to promote,… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY and HAPPY HATCHDAY TO US! We are here to promote, advance, and change the ways that parrot conservation is done!

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Illegal trade is am major threat to parrots world-wide, to the point of… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Illegal trade is am major threat to parrots world-wide, to the point of compkete extirpation and extinction of species. This photo shows just one location in one network in one small area. Imagine the...

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We like to think that Trade and Use is dealing with sweet chicks and a… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group We like to think that Trade and Use is dealing with sweet chicks and a great future for them, but the reality is mostly paperwork. Vast and dispersed databases, secretive record-keeping, impenetrable ...

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Trade and Use subgroup often deals with very depressing things. The… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Trade and Use subgroup often deals with very depressing things. The realities of smuggling, organized crime, international complexities and treaties, politics. But the real motivation is to prevent ab...

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Segue from Neotropical to our first activated thematic… | IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group Segue from Neotropical to our first activated thematic subgroup. Introducing: Trade and Use. This thematic group works with the complex and difficult topics regarding both legal and illegal trade of w...

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#BiodiversityDay #ParrotsareDiverse #Parrotsky

You want biodiversity? We are happy to comply!
Happy Biodiversity Day from 400+/- species of parrot-type birds around the globe!🥳

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Next: from the littlest to the biggest..baby.
Neiva Guedes with a great big baby Hyacinth Macaw ( Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Vulnerable)
note: if this chick weighed 1 kg, that would equal about 50 adult Green-rumped Parrotlets.
photo credit:Neiva Guedes

How they look to us.....
How they think they look

Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
photo credit © wildlifereizen

We will start our biodiversity tour with the littles:
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus)
photo credit: ©Jerson Marín