Parrot — Spix reintroduction prep · 210
[746] [roadmap-parrot-8] Why do so many macaws remain threatened? 210 Feathers, fur, baleen or skin plates -- tissues, not metals. Moult and wear are the maintenance cycle. 2019: log Parrot under “Spix reintroduction prep” with 400. Do not rank the species. Load paths for stoop, lunge, knuckle-walk or hover. Marrow and pneumatic bone differ by family.
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. 2019: log Parrot under “Spix reintroduction prep” with 400. Do not rank the species. 4002019
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2019
- Figure to keep
- 400
- Species
- Parrot
- Line in the log
- Spix reintroduction prep
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