Abstract

FIERRO-CALDERON, Eliana  and  FIERRO-CALDERON, Karolina. First record of Psittacara erythrogenys (Psittacidae) in Colombia. Caldasia [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.2, pp.347-349. ISSN 0366-5232.  https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n2.78897.

The red-masked parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys was originally distributed in the forests of Ecuador and northwestern Peru, mainly below 1500 m of elevation. Due to pet trade, this parakeet has current stable breeding populations in the United States, Spain, Chile, and Puerto Rico. We describe the first record of the species in Colombia in March 2018, as well as other observations from the city of Santiago de Cali.

Keywords : Introduced species; pet trade; urban birds; urban ecology.

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