March 26 -
Sun Parakeet Conservation
Join The Parrot Club on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 pm ET for an exciting talk by Dr. LoraKim Joyner, DVM of One Earth Conservation about sun parakeet (also known as sun conure) conservation in Guyana. Sun parakeets used to be considered common in Brazil and Guyana until 2005, when it was realized that they were actually two species – the common sulphur-breasted parakeet and the now endangered sun parakeet. With 1000-2500 left in the wild, they are extinct in a substantial part of their former range. While trapping is illegal, it is still going on and they are now present only in Karasabai in Guyana and a slightly larger area in Brazil in Indigenous Territories. Other pressures on this small population include habitat loss and conflict over agricultural crop loss. Dr. Joyner traveled to Guyana along with representatives from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and the U.S. Forest Service to help train “parakeet rangers” to search for and monitor sun parakeet nests, extending our knowledge of this endangered species, including an ongoing DNA study!
Dr. Joyner is Co-Director and Board President of One Earth Conservation, a nonprofit which promotes parrot well-being in the Americas by conducting transformative parrot conservation, taking action to end the wildlife trade, and encouraging in people a strong sense of human connection to all life that results in the well-being of all. She is both an avian veterinarian and an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister with certification in nonviolent communication. She has directed and led a number of parrot conservation projects in South America and is a former director of Lafeber Conservation. She is currently acting secretary for the Parrot Researchers Group.
Read more about One Earth Conservation and their work at
https://www.oneearthconservation.org
Contact info@theparrotclub.org for a Zoom link.
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