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.

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.