Parrot Census

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The Meadowlands Commission recently participated in the first World Parrot Count, an informal count done by a group called cityparrots.org. We reported the 30 Monk Parakeets in Ridgefield.

In all, 1,931 Monk Parakeets — Myiopsitta monachus — have been counted so far.

The count has received results of at least 38 parrot species from 23 countries so far.

Full results, and a note from the organizers, follow.

Sum of Number of birds counted

Row Labels

Total

Agapornis fischeri

21

Agapornis personatus

1

Agapornis roseicollis

114

Amazona aestiva

3

Amazona albifrons

2

Amazona amazonica

28

Amazona auropalliata

6

Amazona autumnalis

14

Amazona finschi

228

Amazona oratrix

37

Amazona orchocephala

12

Amazona viridigenalis

1672

Ara ararauna

26

Ara severus

12

Aratinga erythrogenys

157

Aratinga finschi

552

Aratinga holochlora

575

Aratinga mitrata

792

Aratinga rubritorquis

16

Aratinga spec.

12

Aratinga strenua

1350

Bolbopsittacus lunulatus

53

Brotogeris pyrrhoptera

72

Brotogeris versicolurus

216

Cacatua goffini

15

Cacatua sulphurea

4

Coracopsis nigra

5

Diopsittaca nobilis

1

Forpus coelestis

39

Loriculus galgulus

4

Loriculus philippensis

32

Myiopsitta monachus

1931

Nandayus nenday

205

Prioniturus discurus

5

Psittacula alexandri

349

Psittacula echo

580

Psittacula eupatria

356

Psittacula krameri

59635

Psittacula longicauda

183

Grand Total

69315

Sum of Number of birds counted

 

Parrot Populations per Country

Row Labels

Total

Barbados

5

Belgium

6

Costa Rica

3

El Salvador

4

Ecuador

4

France

13

Germany

9

Guatemala

2

India

11

Indonesia

8

Japan

4

Kenya

1

Mauritius

2

Mexico

6

Netherlands

10

New Caledonia

1

Paraguay

1

Philippines

12

Singapore

15

Spain

1

Turkey

4

United Kingdom

8

United States

43

Grand Total

173

The organizers write:

These results have been inspiring. They will hopefully become a benchmark for future counts. We will now be concentrating to analysing these data and getting them published.

 We are very happy with the success of this communal effort. Neozoon parrots often lead to discussion. This count was not without those. But in the end a lot of people come trough with their data and made this first global parrot count a residing success. Thank you all!

 Sadly there are some gaping holes in these results. Many of the South-American urban parrots remain uncounted as do the interesting populations in Hong-Kong. Also much of the important populations of threatened parrot species in California were not registered due to fears raised in this region from government response and poaching threats.  We will work to close these gaps for next years and hopefully ease the fears with how we present the results in literature.

 

We are especially pleased to find that some of the threatened taxon’s are colonising urban areas within their native ranges (Amazona auropalliata, A. finschi, A. oratrix, A. viridigenalis).

 

It would be our pleasure to send you a copy of the publications that result from this effort and hope to see you all again at the next World Parrot Count.

 

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