Periquito de Santa Marta

Pyrrhura viridicata ocupa su primer nido artificial instalado en una Palma de Cera Ceroxylon ceriferum a una altura aproximada de 7 m.

In May we installed 48 artificial nest-boxes at the El Dorado Nature Reserve in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

The Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) occupied its first nest-box which was installed in a Wax Palm (Ceroxylon ceriferum) 20 feet above the ground in an open cattle-grazing area adjacent to the reserve.

The box was occupied by four individuals (presumably two pairs) which guarded the nest, two chicks hatched four days ago and there are still two eggs left. Our field staff were surprised at such a quick use of the nest-box, having believed that the breeding season had finished in April/May when several groups of juveniles were recorded in the foraging areas.

Thank you to the support of American Bird conservancy, Loro Parque Fundation and International Conure Association.