a new species described from remote Peruvian Andes

Hope everyone has fun meeting the artists today at the reception for the GNSI Great Plains chapter's "The Glories of Nature" #SciArt exhibit! Stop by the Langworthy Art Gallery in Seward, NE from 2 - 4pm today for the reception, or visit at your convenience through October 31 to view the exhibit.

Congrats to Limbe Wildlife Center for releasing additional African Grey Parrots to the wild! limbewildlife.org/wp-content/u...

Wildlife traffickers continue to engage in illegal trade of #Spix's #Macaws & other wildlife from various countries, right under the noses of #CITES authorities. This raises serious concerns about whether #CITES is an ineffective organization, corrupt, or a combination of both.

The Brazilian endemic Spix’s Macaw has been listed on #CITES Appendix I as an endangered species, receiving complete protection from trade under this #UN convention for decades. This agreement includes 151 signatory countries. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Kudos to DRC and all the people that made this happen! lnkd.in/gYZQufUX

tribune.com.pk/story/256726... @wildparrotsg.bsky.social

Insight about our Co-Chair Pat: podcast guided by the amazing Cat Vendl. www.buzzsprout.com/2085497 open.spotify.com/show/21tAvep... Other popular podcast apps (including apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/w...). WDA Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/17083...

Urban parrot conservation in action! A brief video on what some of our members are doing in their local community. vimeo.com/1089402632

While we celebrate the beauty and freedom of wild parrots on World Parrot Day, we do not want to forget those who suffer at the hands of human beings. #WorldParrotDay Parrots confiscated from illegal trade. photo credit: anonymous

Happy World Parrot Day from my chattering neighbors 🦜💖🌉

I think it is (or was?) world parrot day! Here’s some of our difficult birds! Gang gang, superb, regent and orange-bellied parrot baybeeez 🤩🤩🤩♥️

Our favorite day of the year: WORLD PARROT DAY! Our newsletter: drive.google.com/file/d/1DBjJ...

HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY and HAPPY HATCHDAY TO US! We are here to promote, advance, and change the ways that parrot conservation is done!

#BiodiversityDay #ParrotsareDiverse #Parrotsky You want biodiversity? We are happy to comply! Happy Biodiversity Day from 400+/- species of parrot-type birds around the globe!🥳

I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

Next: from the littlest to the biggest..baby. Neiva Guedes with a great big baby Hyacinth Macaw ( Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Vulnerable) note: if this chick weighed 1 kg, that would equal about 50 adult Green-rumped Parrotlets. photo credit:Neiva Guedes

How they look to us..... How they think they look Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) photo credit © wildlifereizen

We will start our biodiversity tour with the littles: Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) photo credit: ©Jerson Marín

Next up: the amazing and biodiverse NEOTROPICS! Parrots everywhere, from the highest peaks of the Andes to the mangroves of the Caribbean. Biodiversity+++!

Join UCS @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @enviroprotnet.bsky.social and Branch 4 for a Federal Science Workers Happy Hour on May 27 at 6pm. Info + RSVP: act.ucsusa.org/435Y3ZI

Hi everyone! We want to share this amazing project! Collaborators: Benedicta Ngwuh, Irene Solórzano, Irene-Rose Madindou Contact: [email protected] English, Español, Français, Português, Italiano Thank you GYBN México and One Earth Conservation lnkd.in/enHRUBZJ

The famous Side-eye Lory photo: ©Mehd Halaouate

Asia subgroup: Watch out for New Guinea Tigers! Painted Tiger-parrot (Psittacella picta) photo: © Mehd Halaouate

Breath-taking beauty of Asian parrot species. A pair of Yellow-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea) at a nest hole. Photo credit: Arthur Sands

Our Asia geographic subgroup is super-diverse: in all aspects!

How far away is ...far? Not too far for parrots! Henderson Island: as far away as you can get from almost everywhere! Australasia-Oceania is a BIG place. Stephen's Lorikeet Vini stepheni photo: iNaturalist: (c) kerry_young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Goofy gang gangs ♥️♥️♥️

A lovely ceramic Wari parrot whistling bottle from the 2nd half of the first millennium. One of many at the Santiago Museum of pre-Colombian Art. #archaeobirds 🏺#archaeology

Lovable Black-collared Lovebirds. Endangered Agapornis swindernianus photo credit:violettederozier

Africa geographic subgroup! Surveying oil palm plantations for Grey parrots photo credit: Rowan Martin

Africa Geographic subgroup! Cape Parrot male on Wild Plum Cape Parrot Project photo credit: Rodnick Biljon

The African region has many species of parrots, but some of the most adorable are the lovebirds. Black-collared Lovebird photo credit: violettederozier

Today's feature: Africa! Amazing parrot. Amazing people who work with parrot conservation.

We are almost 1 year old! To celebrate, in the coming weeks we will share what some of our members are doing for parrot conservation. We have a diverse membership, and represent 4 geographic subgroups-and 2 active thematic subgroups!

It's Wold Penguin Day, so we will consider them honorary Marine Parrots.

We are pleased to announce that our very own Terry Greene, Vice-chair for the Australasia-Oceania WPaSG is a recipient of 13th round 2025 SSC Internal Grants! Status and trends of endangered Vini lorikeets in the South Pacific

Devils Hole Pupfish facing extinction www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Hornbills continue to be illegally sold online in Indonesia, to supply demand for cage birds. Please support the Monitor Conservation Research Society in their efforts to end this trade! fight-for-the-future-of-our-rainforests.raiselysite.com