Current Projects

Yellow-naped Amazon

With wild populations in decline and fragmented in all of the six countries comprising its native range from Chiapas, Mexico down to northwestern Costa Rica, the Yellow-naped amazon (Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata) is now considered globally endangered. The WPT is supporting efforts to research the susceptibility to habitat modification, and provide critical information on minimum habitat requirements.

In addition, the Trust is partnering with the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste and New Mexico State University to build an integrated conservation strategy for the species. This effort is led by graduate students Christine Dahlin and Alejandro Salinas from NMSU and includes the design of education programs for school children and community members and direct protection of key nesting areas.

Additional funding for this conservation program has been provided by the National Science Foundation.

To learn more about our efforts to save this species:

• Amazon Voices | PsittaScene, May 2009
• PsittaScene Volume 19, Number 3; August 2007; pages 8-9
• PsittaScene Volume 19, Number 3; August 2007; pages 6-7

To help save this parrot please:

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