Psittaciformes Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Parrot poaching in Peru and Ecuador

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2023-06-06T14:25:56+00:008 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, ECR, endangered, fieldwork, morphology, Neotropics, parrot, populations, Psittaciformes, road ecology, survey|

Preferred species poached far beyond their abundances in the wild

The Hidden Past of the Macleay Kākāpō

By Lindsey Gray|2023-01-17T09:51:56+00:0016 Jan 2023|avian biology, forest birds, Genetics, island birds, museum collections, natural history, parrot, population divergence, Psittaciformes|

Can 21st century science decipher the murky origins of a collection of 19th century endangered parrots?

Ecological interactions at risk

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2022-12-17T15:06:54+00:005 Jan 2023|anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, migrant, Neotropics, parrot, Psittaciformes, road ecology, seed dispersal, threatened species, urbanization|

Exotic mammals threaten Araucaria Forests by displacing Austral Parakeets

Tailoring nestbox programmes for target species

By Karleah Berris|2022-06-21T16:57:09+00:0027 Jun 2022|behaviour, birds of conservation concern, Breeding, cavity nesting, ecology, fieldwork, habitat degradation, IBIS, islands birds, monitoring, nest-site limitation, nesting, parrot, Psittaciformes, reproduction|

Glossy Black Cockatoo nestbox use influenced by behaviour and competition

How many Scarlet Macaw subspecies are there?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-10-05T15:05:55+00:0010 Sep 2020|biodiversity, Genetics, News, Psittaciformes, Taxonomy|

And what does this mean for the conservation of this species?

From IOCongress2018

By Igor Berkunsky|2021-02-12T14:34:51+00:007 Nov 2018|Conferences, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, IOCongress2018, parrot, Psittaciformes, reintroduction|

"The best congress I have attended"