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Parrot in 2017: Grey Appendix I · 546

[545] [read-parrot-15-145] Line 546 of this record. shapes and same/different above chance. The debate is about the ceiling, not whether the tasks happened. Why d om, not a restored native. Cavity competition with starlings and bats is the local argument. Why do so many ma ut Psittacus erithacus. Appendix I ended most commercial international trade in wild greys. Every Strigops is Irene Pepperberg

Irene Pepperberg’s papers treated English tokens as categories, not circus tricks. Alex (1976–2007) identified colours, shapes and same/different above chance. The debate is about the ceiling, not whether the tasks happened. Why did African greys move to CITES Appendix I in 2017?

Wild capture for pets plus forest loss cut Psittacus erithacus. Appendix I ended most commercial international trade in wild greys. Every Strigops is named and managed on predator-free New Zealand islands. Supplementary feeding and nest cameras make it closer to intensive care than to a hands-off reserve.

Are London’s ring-necked parakeets a conservation win? They are an introduced boom, not a restored native. Cavity competition with starlings and bats is the local argument. Why do so many macaws remain threatened? Cavity trees come down with forest. The pet trade added a second cut. Spix’s macaw went extinct in the wild before a 2019–20s reintroduction attempt in Bahia.

The order on the card is year, line, figure. Parrot is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.2017

Figures to keep

Year of the note
2017
Figure to keep
17
Species
Parrot
Line in the log
Grey Appendix I

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