Ognorhynchus icterotis (Massena & Souancé, 1854)

Yellow-eared parrot, Yellow-eared conure

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1919?

Rediscovered in 1997

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

Distribution

Colombia & Ecuador

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

(Massena & Souance) 1854 Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.71

Other references:

Anon. 2010. Yellow-eared Parrots still have not returned to Ecuador. Cyanopsitta: 15.

Arosa, M. L.; Ramos, J. A.; Valkenburg, T.; Ceia, R.; Laborda, H.; Quintanilla, L. G.; Heleno, R. 2009. Fern feeding ecology of the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina: the selection of fern species and the influence of nutritional composition in fern choice. Ardeola 56(1): 71-84.

Athanas, N.; Greenfield, P. 2016. Birds of Western Ecuador: A Photographic Guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA.

BirdLife International. 2016. Ognorhynchus icterotis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22685760A93086137. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685760A93086137.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.

Ceia, R.; Heleno, R.; Ramos, J. A. 2009. Summer abundance and ecological distribution of passerines in native and exotic forests in São Miguel, Azores. Ardeola 56(1): 25-39.

Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Juniper, T.; Parr, M. 1998. Parrots: a guide to the parrots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Krabbe, N. 1998. Das Gelbohrsittich-Projekt (Ognorhynchus icterotis) in Ecuador. Mitteilungen Zoologische Gesellschaft für Arten- und Populationsschutz 14: 18-20.

Krabbe, N.; Molina, F. S. 1996. The last Yellow-eared Parrots Ognorhynchus icterotis in Ecuador? Cotinga: 25-26.

Krabbe, N.; Sornoza M., F. 1994. Avifaunistic results of a subtropical camp in the Cordillera del Condor, southeastern Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 114: 55-61.

López-Lanús, B.; Salaman, P.; Krabbe, N. 1998. Report on the preliminary results of "Proyecto Ognorhynchus" for the conservation of the Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis in Colombia. Papageienkunde 2: 197-200.

Murcia-Nova, M. A.; Beltrán-Alvarado, D.; Carvajal-Rojas, L. 2009. Un nuevo registro del loro orejiamarillo (Ognorhynchus icterotis: Psittacidae) en la Cordillera Oriental Colombiana. Ornitología Colombiana 8: 94-99.

Renjifo, L.M., Gómez, M.F., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., Amaya-Villarreal, A.M., Kattan, G.H., Amaya-Espinel, J.D. and Burbano-Girón, J. 2014. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia, Volumen I: bosques húmedos de los Andes y la costa Pacífica. Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana & Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

Salaman, P. 2001. The Yellow-eared parrot: good news and an unexpected danger. Cyanopsitta 61: 18-19.

Salaman, P. G. W.; López-Lanús, B.; Krabbe, N. 1999. Critically endangered: Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis in Colombia. Cotinga 11: 39-41.

Salaman, P.; López-Lanús, B.; Krabbe, N. 1999. Proyecto Ognorhynchus: the conservation and study of Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis in Colombia.

Salaman, P.; Quevedo, A.; Mayorquin, A.; Castaño, J. F.; Flórez, J.; Luna, J. C.; López-Lanús, B.; Cortés, A.; Nieto, O.; Valle, H. M.; Rodríguez, Q.; Pacheco, A.; Silva, N.; Suárez, G.; Borrero, A.; Mora, J.; Arango, J. D.; Cardona, G.; Caro, D. 2006. Biología y ecologia del Loro Orejiamarillo Ognorhynchus icterotis en Colombia. Conservación Colombiana: 12-33.

Salaman, P.; Quevedo, A.; Mayorquin, A.; Castaño, J. F.; Flórez, J.; Luna, J. C.; López-Lanús, B.; Cortés, A.; Nieto, O.; Valle, H. M.; Rodríguez, Q.; Pacheco, A.; Silva, N.; Suárez, G.; Borrero, A.; Mora, J.; Arango, J. D.; Cardona, G.; Caro, D. 2006. La conservación del Loro Orejiamarillo Ognorhynchus icterotis en Colombia. Conservación Colombiana: 34-54.

Salaman P. et al. (2006) Proyecto Orejiamarillo: una iniciativa de conservación. Simposio: Estado del conocimiento de la biologê reproductiva de las especies de loros amenazados de Colombia con énfasis en iniciativas de conservación. II Congreso Colombiano de Zoologê. http://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/914

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Snyder, N.; McGowan, P.; Gilardi, J.; Grajal, A. 2000. Parrots: status survey and conservation action plan 2000-2004. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Waugh, D. 2004. Recovery begins for Yellow-eared Parrot: international effort and innovative science boost threatened species. Winging it 16(7): 4.

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