Parrot — Grey Appendix I · 186
[722] [roadmap-parrot-7] They are an introduced boom, not a restored native. Cavity competition with starlings and bats is the local argument. 186 NZ’s programme treated each bird as a managed individual after island transfers. 2017: log Parrot under “Grey Appendix I” with 17. Do not rank the species. Pepperberg’s book summarised two decades of label and category work.
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: log Parrot under “Grey Appendix I” with 17. Do not rank the species. 172017
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2017
- Figure to keep
- 17
- Species
- Parrot
- Line in the log
- Grey Appendix I