Macanao Peninsula
/ Yellow-Shouldered Amazon Parrot
Source Population:  |
Wild
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Capture Site Name: |
Margarita AND Blanquilla Island
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Capture Location: |
Northeast coast,
Venezuela
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Capture Site Latitude: |
10.997072
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Capture Site Longitude: |
63.91133
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Capture Site Population: |
Not Located
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Capture Site Population Year: |
Not Located
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Capture Method: |
Other
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Number Captured: |
14
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Percentage Captured: |
Not Located
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Transport Method: |
Not Located
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Transport Timespan (in hours): |
Not Located
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Number Dead in Transport: |
Not Located
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Percentage Dead in Transport: |
Not Located
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Notes: |
Latitude and Longitude coordinates just for Margarita Island. Population decline due to habitat loss and poaching. SOURCE SITE & # CAPTURED:14 birds were hand reared. 7 were confiscated form Margarita and 7 were confiscated from Blanquilla, but reared in Margarita. Origins were varied. Margarita Island: 4 hatched in 1990 – 1 from nest attacked by predators, another donated, and 2 siblings confiscated from poachers – and 3 hatched in 1991 and were confiscated from poachers. Blanquilla Island: all hatched in 1991 and moved to Margarita for captive rearing. Chicks were from 20-50 days old when received. The birds from the different islands were housed in 2 different large outdoor aviaries away from casual human presence and surrounded by natural habitat.
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Data submitted by: |
Jessica Beltran
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