Redescubrimiento y notas sobre la ecología y vocalizaciones del periquito de Todd (Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps) en el nororiente de Colombia: Rediscovery and notes on the ecology and vocalizations of Todd’s Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps) in northeastern Colombia

Adriana Elizabeth Tovar-Martínez

doi:10.59517/oc.e224

Authors

Adriana Elizabeth Tovar-Martínez Fundación ProAves de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59517/oc.e224

Keywords:

Colombia, ecology, endangered population, Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps, rediscovery

Abstract

Todd’s Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps) had not been recorded for nearly 60 years in the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia. With the purpose of confirming its persistence in the department, I conducted exploratory surveys over five months in 2007, including visits to two localities where it had been collected in the municipalities of Ocaña and El Carmen. I found groups of Todd’s Parakeet at two sites located c. 40 linear km apart and close to historical collection sites. I observed a total of 55 individuals occupying premontane secondary forests and forest borders, where I was able to determine use of five different food sources. In addition, I characterized vocalizations, and found that there is one vocal type emitted by birds while perched and a different one associated with vigilance behavior. It is imperative to undertake conservation actions in the region involving local communities, because Todd’s Parakeet, a taxon that could deserve species status, is now under threats such as habitat destruction and nest poaching for the pet trade.

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