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Status in the Wild

World Population:
280-300 birds including 55 breeding pairs.

Range: Found on Mauritius, formerly on Reunion.

Habitat:
Upland forest, lower-level scrub forest.

Threat Summary:
Severe deforestation and degradation of habitat, as well as introduced rats and crab-eating macaques, and the effects of disease and storms.

IUCN Rating:
Endangered

Wild Diet:
Relies solely on native plants; introduced plants not taken. Buds, young shoots, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, twigs, sap and bark.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Thought to favour communal roosting. Relies solely on native foods. Generally solitary or in pairs during breeding season.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2-3 eggs, 33.0 x 26.0mm (1.3 x 1 in).

Breeding Season:
Late September to early October start.

Project Status (WPT):
WPT has worked with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to provide financial support to save the Echo Parakeet.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/echoparakeet/


Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.maurinet.com/wildlife.html

http://www.wptc.org/reports/pop_echoparakeet_fr_1101.htm



More Info Sites:
http://www.durrellwildlife.org/index.cfm?p=218

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_2001_Nov-Dec/ai_79807567

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Parakeet

Article by Andrew Greenwood, MA VetMB MIBiol MRCVS

http://home.wanadoo.nl/psittaculaworld/Species/P-echo.htm