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Status, distribution and ecology of the White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus in Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

E. P. Toyne ,
M. T. Jeffcote  and
J. N. Flanagan
E. P. Toyne
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Imperial College, London SWy 2BB, U.K.
M. T. Jeffcote
Affiliation:
Environment City Trust Ltd., Town Hall, Leicester LEi 6BF, U.K.
J. N. Flanagan
Affiliation:
48 Stuart Street, Leicester LE3 oDW, U.K.
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The White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus, a threatened parrot known from three general areas of south-east Ecuador, was investigated in the only one of these areas to receive any protection, Podocarpus National Park, in 1990 and 1992. Its habitat there is upper tropical and subtropical forest, with some evidence that it can tolerate disturbed areas; six food-plants were added to the one (liana) already known, two euphorbs, another liana, a Miconia, a Ficus and Mollia gracilis (on which feeding was regular in August and September). Food-passing to one possible and another evident juvenile at this time suggested local breeding. Three adult and one juvenile call were distinguished. The species was found at nine sites in or immediately adjacent to the park, but mining concessions, currently suspended, may soon be granted and the park thereby seriously affected.

Pyrrhura albipectus es un psitácido amenazado conocido exclusivamente en tres zonas del sudeste de Ecuador; en 1990 y 1992 se estudió en el Parque Nacional Podocarpus (única zona donde recibe algun tipo de protectión). El hábitat en el área está constituido por bosque tropical y subtropical de las cotas mas elevadas, con cierta evidencia de que la especie puede tolerar hábitats alterados; seis tipos de plantas se añaden a la dieta hasta ahora conocida para la especie (una liana), éstas incluyen: dos euforbias, otra liana, una Miconia, un Ficus y Mollia gracilis (de la que se alimentaba de forma regular en agosto y septiembre). Se detectó transferencia de alimentos de un adulto a un juvenil y a un segundo posible juvenil, lo que sugiere reproductión local. Se identificó el reclamo de tres adultos y un juvenil. La especie fue localizada en nueve zonas del parque o en su inmediata proximidad, pero concesiones mineras, detenidas en la actualidad, pueden ser subvencionadas con el consiguiente impacto a la integridad del parque.

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Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 327 - 339
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1992

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