10 Years of Saving the Yellow-eared Parrot
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10 Years of Saving the Yellow-eared Parrot

One of South America’s most endangered parrot species is the beautiful Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis). As its name suggests, this colourful parrot has large yellow ear-patches, contrasting dramatically with the rest of its primarily green plumage. The Yellow-eared Parrot used to occur throughout the Andean mountains of Ecuador and Colombia - in the case of Colombia, in all three mountain chains.
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March 2010

A new year, a new issue of PI Press – and all of us at Parrots International wish all of you everything of the best for 2010.

Our Feature Article this issue hands plaudits to two heavyweights in the world of conservation – Fundación ProAves and the Loro Parque Fundación – for their magnificent efforts to protect the Yellow-eared Parrot and its habitat, the Wax Palm.  Our feature, 10 years of saving the Yellow-eared Parrot, tells how these two organisations, with the help of more than 180 people and 47 other organizations worldwide, have laid the foundations of securing the future of these two vital species in Colombia – a project which we fervently hope will go from strength in the years to come.

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