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sebbe67
Saturday 21st October 2006, 13:34
Hi,

I would need some help to establish the current status of this poorly known parrot. I know it was splited from Pyrrhura picta relatively recently.

Its apparently endemic to the Sinú River Valley in NW Colombia where its threatend by cattle grazzing and generally habitat destruction. It has been described as extremely poorly known by most sources and that there havent been any records in the last 80 years or so.

I read in the newly published book, Parrots of the world, An identification guide that it has been reported from Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo. A few sources suggest that Pyrrhura picta pantchenkoi is a synonym of Pyrrhura subandina and that the look very similar.

However, I would need some useable advice from somone which is more familiar with this bird, have more sources at hand, know if there really has been any reports of this bird in the last decades and if this species still survive in its small range or has already become extinct


Thanks in advance

RErvin
Wednesday 1st November 2006, 01:46
Sebbe,

Are you referring to "A Guide to Parrots of the World" by Tony Juniper and Mike Parr?

sebbe67
Wednesday 29th November 2006, 11:49
Sebbe,

Are you referring to "A Guide to Parrots of the World" by Tony Juniper and Mike Parr?

No aim talking about the recent book written by Joseph Michael Forshaw.

No one which has any further info about this bird?

I have searched for more info since my last request but I havent been able to gather much more info, so once again I would appreaciate to know if some one knows more about it.

Thanks in advance
sebbe

sclateria
Monday 2nd April 2007, 03:03
Hi sebbe,

You may want to contact ProAves (www.proaves.org) in Colombia. They conducted searches for Pyrrhura subandina in 2004 at the type localities and other areas considered likely for the species, and apparently found nothing. Have a look here: http://www.proaves.org/article.php?id_article=99

Also have a look at the Joseph and Stockwell article in Ornitologia Neotropical: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/ON/v013n01/p0001-p0008.pdf

Hope this helps some.

cheers
Brad

Melanie
Sunday 19th July 2009, 18:59
Seems that the Sinú Parakeet will get a distinct species status

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop306.html