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Marcelo Vilarta
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, MZUSP, Avenida Nazare 481, Ipiranga 04263-000, SP, Brazil

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Published: 08 May 2021 in Diversity
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Brazil has the highest number of parrots in the world and the greatest number of threatened species. The Golden Conure is endemic to the Brazilian Amazon forest and it is currently considered as threatened by extinction, although it is fairly common in captivity. Here we report the first reintroduction of this species. The birds were released in an urban park in Belem, capital of Para State, where the species was extinct more than a century ago. Birds were trained to recognize and consume local food and to avoid predators. After the soft-release, with food supplementation and using nest boxes, we recorded breeding activity in the wild. The main challenges before the release were the territorial disputes within the aviary and the predation by boa snakes. During the post-release monitoring the difficulties were the fast dispersion of some individuals and the dangers posed by anthropic elements such as power lines that caused some fatalities. Released birds were very successful at finding and consuming native foods, evading predators, and one pair reproduced successfully. Monitoring continues and further releases are programmed to establish an ecologically viable population.

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Marcelo Vilarta; William Wittkoff; Crisomar Lobato; Rubens Oliveira; Nívia Pereira; Luís Silveira. Reintroduction of the Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba) in Northern Brazil: Establishing a Population in a Protected Area. Diversity 2021, 13, 198 .

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Marcelo Vilarta, William Wittkoff, Crisomar Lobato, Rubens Oliveira, Nívia Pereira, Luís Silveira. Reintroduction of the Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba) in Northern Brazil: Establishing a Population in a Protected Area. Diversity. 2021; 13 (5):198.

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Marcelo Vilarta; William Wittkoff; Crisomar Lobato; Rubens Oliveira; Nívia Pereira; Luís Silveira. 2021. "Reintroduction of the Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba) in Northern Brazil: Establishing a Population in a Protected Area." Diversity 13, no. 5: 198.