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First sighting of eggs and chicks of the red‐necked Amazon parrot ( Amazona arausiaca ) using an intra‐cavity video probe
Author(s) -
Reillo Paul R.,
Durand Stephen,
McGovern Karen A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1999)18:1<63::aid-zoo7>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - biology , amazon rainforest , rainforest , avian clutch size , zoology , ecology , reproduction
Two clutches of the red‐necked Amazon parrot, or Jaco ( Amazona arausiaca ), are described for the first time from intra‐cavity video recordings of natural nests in Dominican rainforest trees. Using a mini‐camera mounted on a telescoping pole, a clutch of two live chicks (∼8 weeks old) and one dead chick (∼5 weeks old at time of death), and another clutch of one live chick (∼4 weeks old) and two unhatched eggs were discovered in nesting cavities roughly 15 m from the ground in Carapite ( Amanoa caribaea ) and Gommier ( Dacryodes excelsa ) trees, respectively, near 600 m elevation. Information from these sightings is essential for quantifying the life history of the Jaco, a flagship species for Dominica's imperiled rainforest ecosystem. Zoo Biol 18:63–70, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.