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Status in the Wild

World Population:
2500-3000

Range: NE Mexico, restricted to 300km (180 mi) section of Sierra Madre Oriental in SE Coahuila, central-western Nuevo Leon, and SW Tamaulipas and sometimes to Queretaro.

Habitat:
Found at between 1300-1700m (4264-5576 ft), in highland mix Pinus, Abies, Quercus woodland.

Threat Summary:
Loss of habitat through intensive grazing and conversion to agriculture. Annual fires destroy large areas of suitable habitat, as returning vegetation is likely to be chaparral bush. Drought fuels fires and dries up natural water sources.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable

Wild Diet:
Seeds of Pinus species: P. arizonica, P. gregii, P. teocote, P. montezumae, P. cembroides, and Abies spp.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Roosts in nest while breeding but outside the breeding season communally in trees or on cliffs; gregarious and noisy; conspicuous in high long-distance flights to and from feeding areas. Sentry birds watch for danger while flock feeds.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 ovate to rounded-ovate eggs, 39.5 x 30.5mm (1.5 x 1.2 in).

Breeding Season:
Late summer, early autumn.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.worldtwitch.com/thick-billed_parrot.htm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5046/is_/ai_n29422581

More Info Sites:
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/thickbill.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon-fronted_Parrot

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/distribution/maroon-fronted.parrot.html