Feeding Ecology of Reintroduced Golden Parakeets (<i>Guaruba guarouba</i>, Psittacidae) in a Protected Area in the Amazon Forest

Feeding Ecology of Reintroduced Golden Parakeets (<i>Guaruba guarouba</i>, Psittacidae) in a Protected Area in the Amazon Forest

The Golden Parakeet is an endemic Brazilian flagship species that has suffered from poaching and habitat loss, leading to local extinctions in the urbanized parts of the Amazon. We reintroduced six groups of mostly captive-bred parakeets in a protected area. The birds were acclimatized for at least...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Rodrigues Vilarta, Thaís Tamamoto De Moraes, Maria Fernanda Naegeli Gondim, Crisomar Lobato, Mônica Nazaré Rodrigues Furtado Da Costa, Rubens de Aquino Oliveira, Luís Fábio Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
captive-bred
diet
foraging
reintroduction
site-fidelity
monitoring
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/3/188

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