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(Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons) Establishment:  The Andean Parrots Birds Reserve was established on 21st April 2009 with the aim of protecting the habitat of five endangered species of parrots among we have the Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus Icterotis) (CR), the Fuertes’s Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi) (CR) and Rufous-fronted Parakeet (Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons) (VU), and also preserve the Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) (VU) and the Rusty-faced Parrot (Hapalopsitaca amazonina) (VU) and 10.063072 ha of conservation Andean forest and moorland in the town of Roncesvalles Tolima.  Location and Area: The Reserve is part of the Central Cordillera Conservation Corridor of Threatened Andean Parrots, which is located between the towns of Roncesvalles, Tolima and Genova in the department of Quindío; the Fuertes’s Parrot Bird Reserve consists of 657 hectares, El Mirador of 2,035 hectares and Loros Andinos of 4,072 hectares giving us a total of more than 6,700 hectares of Andean forest, high Andean plateau and moorland protected by the corridor.  (See Map). With the establishment of the corridor the protection of forests that were previously highly threatened by human activities such as cutting trees for wood, extraction of wood for domestic use, construction and development of coal, growing potatoes and livestock is ensured. Biological Significance: The reserve is home to 5 endangered species of parrots including 3 endemic to Colombia: the Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus Icterotis) (CR), Fuertes’s Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi) (CR) and Rufous-fronted Parakeet (Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons) (VU), and so preserve the Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) (VU) and the Rusty-faced Parrot (Hapalopsitacca amazonina) (VU). Additionally, we found populations of large mammals as the spectacled bear, mountain tapir and deer. Climate: The area has a climate with bimodal rainfall between 2,500 and 3,200 mm of rain, temperatures range between 9 and 16 ° C Biophysical characteristics: the reserve includes a large sample of Andean forest and moorland. Similarly, the area where the reserve is located has the source of a great number of bodies of water of vital importance for the development of communities in the municipality of Roncesvalles, specifically the source of the rivers Cucuanita and Cucuana from which the aqueduct takes water for the town of Roncesvalles favoring the community in this regard. Research: Project Ognorhynchus. The project has been carried out since 1998 in the town of Roncesvalles and seeks to protect the population of Yellow-eared Parrot present in this municipity through conservation activities and the restoration of its natural habitat, environmental education activities and research. Conservation: Silvopastoral Project, Ecological Easements, Environmental Restoration and artificial nests program. Educaction: Parrot Bus and Bird Friendly Schools. Facilities: Accommodation for 4 people. Attractions: watching threatened and endemic bird species, landscaping, trail to moorland lakes, hummingbird fountains, Grallaria feeder – Tororoi de urrao (Grallaria fenwickorum). General recommendations: Respect the natural values of the reserve, the plants and animals. The collection of biological material is forbidden. Follow the instructions of the reserve staff and travel on established trails. Camping on the reserve is not allowed Coats for the cold, Pantanal boots and waterproofs must be worn. Desinfectar calzado con hipoclorito o clorox para prevenir la dispersión del hongo quitridio (una de las principales causas de muerte de anfibios en el mundo). Income and visits:  fundacion@proaves.org With the support of: Roncesvalles (Tolima) Génova (Quindío)

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ProAves provides annually, with the assistance of his staff and guest instructors from different institutions at national and / or international training courses on techniques for monitoring and bird banding.

Banding courses are offered for groups of 5, 10, 15 people. If you are interested in booking a seat for courses scheduled on demand cursos@proaves.org write an email to stating your full name, name of the entity to which it belongs, place of origin and why you are interested in learn about banding.

ProAves is leader in training young researchers in Colombia, with our Scholarships, Thesis Program, aimed to link biology students or young professionals, so that they make short investigations on different species and subjects.

Fundación ProAves since 2001 has supported over 70 thesis studies, and small investigations.

Since we started, about 70 students and/or researchers from 12 universities have been involved. In addition, the studies of the program have covered 12 departments within Colombia and extended the knowledge of 31 threatened species of Colombia, 28 studies on birds, and 3 other groups.

This program has focused its studies mainly in ecology and reproduction of threatened species of Colombia. Among these projects there are: identification of aspects related to foraging and reproduction of a threatened parrots, habitat selection for the Gorgeted Wood-quail and a study of the population and conservation of the Chestnut-capped Piha populations.

 

 

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Seeking for graduates and interns in the program of parrots
Monday 8 February 2010.

ProAves opens a call for those interested in doing work degrees, internships and volunteering in the program of threatened parrots in several of the Foundation’s reserves.

La Fundación ProAves ofrece oportunidad a estudiantes y jóvenes investigadores para realizar proyectos de investigación.

La Fundación ProAves ofrece a estudiantes de últimos semestres de Biología, Ecología, Ingeniería Forestal o afín, o a profesionales jóvenes con deseos de ganar experiencia en campo, becas para la realización de tesis de pregrado y/o pequeñas investigaciones en los temas y zonas presentados a continuación. Con estas becas se busca ayudar a subsidiar los costos de transporte, alimentación y hospedaje que representan el trabajo de campo, y prestar los equipos pertinentes que estén a disposición de la Fundación. Se trata de becas pequeñas de apoyo y en ningún momento representan pago de honorarios.

ProAves produce documentación práctica y de sensibilización sobre las aves y su conservación, dirigida tanto al público en general como especializado.

Contamos con publicaciones electrónicas y publicaciones impresas, documentación práctica que se distribuye en cursos, boletín Aleteo, folletos, reportes, libros, etc.

Conozca los reportes publicados por los investigadores que trabajan en el Proyecto EBA

Presentación de las primeras exploraciones biológicas a la Serranía de San Lucas, Antioquia y Bolivar.

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(Vermivora chrysoptera)

Alianza Alas Doradas is a Golden-winged Warbler research and conservation group. The Golden-winged Warbler is a migratory bird listed as Near Threatened on its non-breeding grounds.

Alianza Alas Doradas is open to any researcher or conservationist who contributes non-breeding ground information about the Golden-winged Warbler. Its goal is to conserve the species and its associated habitats by implementing recommendations and strategies for long-term protection in areas of Latin America where the bird migrates and is resident.

The group was started by members of the International Committee for Golden-winged Warbler Non-breeding Ground Research, Monitoring, and Conservation during the August 2005 Conservation Workshop held in Siren, WI. It is open to any person and/or organization interested in working cooperatively for the conservation of the species and associated species.

To join the Alianza’s listserve, send an email to listserv@listserv.uark.edu with the following text in the body of the message (not the subject line): Subscribe GWWINT-L and your name. You will be notified by email with listserve instructions when your subscription has been processed.

The Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) and the Blue-winged Warbler (V. pinus) are species of high conservation interest (Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan, 2004). In particular, the Golden-winged Warbler has experienced more than a 50% decline in its breeding ground populations over the last 35 years (Breeding Bird Survey). The main hypotheses to explain this population decline include climate change, loss of habitat on breeding and non-breeding grounds, mortality during migration, and hybridization with the Blue-winged Warbler.

Alexander Monsalve
Subdirector de Investigación 
Fundación ProAves 
marteaga@proaves.org

Tom Will
Alianza Alas Doradas Co-Chair 
US Fish and Wildlife Service 
612.713.5362 
tom_will@fws.gov

David Buehler
Working Group Chair 
Reseach Co-Chair 
Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 
University of Tennessee 
865.974.8845 
dbuehler@utk.edu

 Rachel Vallender
Research Co-Chair 
613.808.9990 
r.vallender@cornell.edu

Amber Roth
Breeding Grounds Management Conservation Committee Chair 
Outreach Chair 
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science 
Michigan Technological University 
906.487.3417 
amroth@mtu.edu

Mailing List

We have developed a mailing list for all the Working Group GWWALL-L for the purpose of exchanging information relevant to the conservation of Golden-winged Warbler. The mailing list will be the main way to stay updated on the conservation actions we take, upcoming meetings, etc.

To register, send an email to listserv@listserv.uark.edu. This email address is being protected from spam bots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and type in the message body (not the sender):

SUBSCRIBE GWWALL-L, followed by your name.

You can also subscribe to various committees by sending a message to various mailing lists:

Comité de Investigación y Monitoreo en Áreas de Reproducción:
SUBSCRIBE GWWRM-L, followed by your name.

Comité de Conservación y Manejo en Áreas de Reproducción:
SUBSCRIBE GWWCON-L, followed by your name.

Comité de Conservación en Areas no reproductivas (Alianza Alas Doradas):
SUBSCRIBE GWWINT-L, followed by your name.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email with information about how the list works, such as sending messages and how to get out of it.

 

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Why are migratory warblers in decline?
Tuesday 12 January 2010.

As many as half a million tiny Golden-winged warblers used to make the annual round trip flight from Latin America to the USA and Canada. Now, the number is down to 200.000 and an international consortium is trying to find answers.

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Multi-national efforts to save Golden-winged Warbler
Monday 14 December 2009.

An intensive research program was conducted in four countries by members of the Alas Doradas Alliance with the objective of determining the abundance, distribution and habitat preferences of this rare and declining Neotropical migrant during its non-breeding residence in Central America and Colombia.

Establishment:  Golden-Plumed Parrakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) The properties that make up the reserve was acquired by the town of Génova, Quindío (Colombia), in order to comply with Act 99 of 1993 in its Article 111, within the project “Acquisition of land for protection and conservation areas supplying municipal water”. These were acquired between 2000 and 2002. ProAves is responsible for its care, loan quality since 2004, due to its ability to carry out conservation actions, research and education in the area.   Location and Area: The reserve is located on the western flank of the Cordillera Central, in the village of Rio Gris Alto, in the municipality of Génova, Quindío, with an area of 5,028 acres and an altitude ranging between 2,900 and 3,800 meters above sea level. It is the area having a large sample of moors, besides being a place that is home to five species of parrots that are in some degree of threat. It is ranked by the Alliance for Zero Extinction as an AZE site. Biological importance:  There are species in the reserve such as the Fuertes’s Parrot(Hapalopsittaca fuertesi),endemic and critically endangered, the Golden-plumed parakeet(Leptosittaca branickii), vulnerable, Rufous-fronted Parakeet(Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons), endemic and endangered species, the Crescent-faced Antpitta( Grallaricula lineifrons), vulnerable, Bicolored Antpitta(Grallaria rufocinerea), vulnerable, the Masked Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis wetmorei), vulnerable, and the Masked Saltator(Saltator cinctus), vulnerable, among others. Climate:   Presents a minimum temperature of 6 º C and 12 º C maximum, and a minimum rainfall of 1,548 mm and a maximum of 1,852 mm. Biophysical characteristics:  The area has 80% of steep slopes, located in the Río Gris basin. Conservation: Ecological Restoration and Central Cordillera Project. Facilities:  Accommodation for ten people, electricity and drinking water. General recommendations:     Respect the natural values of the reserve, plants, and animals. No collection of biological material. Follow the instructions of the reserve staff and travel on established trails. Only visitors who have booked in advance will be admitted. You must bring equipment for cold weather boots, sunscreen and Pantanal boots. You must bring bedding and personal hygiene implements. Report any health problems or allergies. Disinfect shoes with bleach or clorox to prevent the spread of chytrid fungus (one of the leading causes of death of amphibians in the world). Admission and tours:  Contact fundacion@proaves.org With the support of: Génova (Quindío)   Related news   Threatened Parrot Corridor established-6700 has saved Saturday 26 December 2009. During 2009, ProAves, with the support of ABC, IUCN-NL and WLT, has acquired and protected a vast area of montane cloud forest in the Central Cordillera, from the eastern slope in Tolima to the western slope in Quindio department. The corridor stretches 12 miles and encompasses key foraging and breeding areas for the Critically Endangered Fuertes’s Parrot and Yellow-eared Parrot.   Protecting key habitat for Fuertes’s Parrot Thursday 30 April 2009 . The Municipality of Génova (Quindío) and ProAves celebrate an agreement to continue a further five years protecting and managing the Mirador Municipality Reservewhich is important for the survival of the Critically Endangered Fuertes´s Parrot  and many other endangered species.

Restoration and reforestation.

The reforestation process started with the production of seedlings in light of the need to restore and enhance forest habitat. After the establishment of the reserves, the regeneration and restoration were also favored.

This program has developed various strategies for reforestation and restoration in order to meet each objective according to the needs of the projects:

• Reforestation under shade for coffee and cacao.
• Reforestation establishing Silvopastoral systems.
• Reforestation of hedges.
• Reforestation at spring sources.
• Reforestation of the margins of rivers and streams.
• Restoration of the old pastures on the reserves.
• Natural regeneration in pastures of the reserves.
• Donations to the community and recovery of micro basins.
• Donation of trees to comply with the commitments in the easements.

 

Frontino (Antioquia).

The reforestations carried out are given a monthly maintenance monitoring and clean up of the grass and, when required, fertilizer is applied to the plants: this is done together with the owners of the lands and in the presence of a member of the group.

In addition, each reforested farm also has a coordinate which indicates its location, this is especially useful when working with reforestation for the runners.

Finally, during these 7 years with the reforestation program over 1,200 acres of pastures, margins of streams and rivers in different parts of the country have been replanted and restored, not just giving a proper management of these areas but also providing a food supply for wildlife.

Every process of reforestation that we do is based on the following methodologies:

• They are done ??especially in the rainy season.
• Stalls maintaining promising trees.
• Elaboration of the holes.
• Density of planting, 200 trees as shade.
• Seeding density 3×3 in recovery of pastures.
• Diversification of plants according to the ecosystem properties.
• Trees are not isolated when working as shade or within the reserves but they are established in Silvopastoral systems.
• Organic fertilizer is given when planting as required.

 

 

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Restoring Native Habitat for Migratory Birds
Thursday 10 December 2009.

ProAves’ Habitat Restoration Program has been working on reforestation with native trees in strategic areas to promote connectivity between forest fragments and provide vital native habitat for wildlife especially migratory birds.

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ProAves and the municipality of Jardín join forces
Friday 31 July 2009.

Through joint management of the botanical nursery of the municipality of Jardín in Antioquia, ProAves and the local community are demonstrating that joint efforts and synergies are achievable between the non-profit and public sector, contributing to habitat conservation for the Yellow-eared Parrot.

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Kids restore the forest in Sierra Nevada
Friday 31 July 2009.

Around the Reserve El Dorado, a group of kids wanted to preserve the forest for their future and benefit an endemic unique parrot specie of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. These activities were carried out with the leadership of ProAves.

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Restoration in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Monday 16 February 2009.

ProAves is clearing non-native invasive pines in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, around El Dorado Bird Reserve, and replacing them with thousands of native trees important for the native fauna. We urgently seek volunteers to help clear pines and reforest.

 

 The parrot bus acts as a mobile environmental education classroom. Since 2005, Parrot Bus has been used as environmental educational tool driving all over the country developing fun activities with kids, youngsters and adults, carrying out the message of conservation and care of nature to more than 70,000 people in 145 cities of 16 provinces all over the country. Since this initiative was created, it has visited 2.392 educational institutions and it has driven more than 80,000 km of Colombia.

Trough talks, workshops, games and videos performed inside the bus, ProAves is trying to involve all visited communities, teaching them respect for biodiversity, especially to birds.

The intention of the methodology used within the Parrot Bus is to teach knowledge trough fun activities. Thanks to the projection of documentaries and videos about ecosystems, fauna and flora of Colombia, all participants can learn about it, in the company of Oto Rico, the traveling pet on board of the Parrot Bus.

Finally, and as a accompaniment to the activities carried out on board of the Parrot Bus, board games are organized within the participants, such as stairs of migratory birds (a variant of the board game snakes and stairs), wild birds lottery, endangered parrots dominó, among others. At the end of the activities, didactic material is delivered. This material is mostly composed by bird cards, mini-guides, stickers, pins, posters and t-shirts.

Ecological routes

Fundación ProAves has established several itineraries for the Parrot Bus, known as ecological routes. The objective of these routes is to reach a higher number of populations in Colombia, having as priority the visit of locations where there are more endangered species.

The project is supported by Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund and the routes are: Green Coast, which includes the departments of Córdoba, Bolívar, Magdalena and Atlantic Biodiversity Ecological Oriental, which covers the departments of Santander, Norte de Santander and Boyacá, Green-eared parrot, which travels through the departments of Antioquia, Tolima, Quindio and Caldas, and Ecological Jungle South, which includes the departments of Valle del Cauca and Nariño.

 

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Parrot Bus visits the department of Córdoba
Monday 7 December 2009.

The Mobile Environment Classroom, the “LoroBus” (Parrot Bus), visited nine municipalities in northern Colombia. Twelve educational institution assisted with two massive education activities for the general community. A total of 5,164 people participated and pledged their support for conservation.

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ProAves wins Energy Globe Award
Wednesday 15 April 2009.

On April 13, 2009, at the opening meeting of the EU Environmental Ministers in Prague, Czech Republic, ProAves was awarded the national prize by the Energy Globe World Awards for ProAves Parrot Bus initiative. Over 769 projects participated from 111 nations.

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Parrot Bus visits department of Boyacá
Monday 9 March 2009.

Three new municipalities of Colombia were visited by ProAves’ Parrot Bus in February, with over 1,000 participants educated. To date the Parrot Bus has visited 148 municipalities reaching more than 73,000 children who learned about the need to protect birds and biodiversity.

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Driving Conservation August 2007 – May 2008
Monday 5 May 2008.

During August 2007 – May 2008, the results of the project Driving Conservation, with the support of Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, show how the project successfully reached 25.413 people from beginning to end.

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Slingshot Amnesty success
Tuesday 15 January 2008.

It is all to common place to see children carrying slingshots with the sole purpose of hunting birds. ProAves launched a campain against hunting birds across Colombia and delighted when over 330 children voluntariary handed slingshots and traps to ProAves staff.

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 Slingshot amnesty campaign success!
Thursday 20 September 2007.

After many trips conducted by the Parrot Bus in different regions of Colombia, ProAves have launched a new amnesty campaign to request children to hand in their slingshot and other objects use to attempt against birds.

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Parrot Bus is re-released in Jardín, Antioquia
Friday 24 August 2007.

Our mobile environmental classroom has been renewed with beautiful inner panels about the diverse and threatened ecosystems of Colombia and its representative fauna and flora.

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Our online database for bird monitoring and research by ProAves has recorded data on 1,163 species (61.8%) of birds in Colombia. Among these species, 107 are migratory, 78 are almost endemic and 47 are endemic. Among the 86 species of threatened birds listed by IUCN (2007), ProAves has information about, and monitors 68.3% of them. Information has been collated monthly since 2003 and the banding database has 82,061 records. Furthermore the database of observations, censuses, count points and transects has 168,780 records, distributed in 12 localities and corresponds to 240,078 individuals. Catch sampling effort 2003-2009 and number of individuals of species recorded by category for years. To view the results of the endangered species present in the database: https://www.proaves.org/images/stories/IMG/pdf/Tablas.pdf In some of these areas is conducted monthly monitoring, using methods of census and mist-net catches, there are places where research has been conducted short (less than a year) and to key sites where exploration has been largely obtained important information birds of conservation concern.   Figure 1. Map of Colombia restricted to municipal boundaries, showing where ProAves Foundation has information of birds in your database. Information contained in the database is present since 1986. ProAves Foundation invites the general public and amateur ornithologists to register and query data · Base Monitoring Program and the Migratory Bird Conservation, which is constantly updated to take into account access following recommendations: – Enter the login button “user registration”. – By return mail you will receive an information document which must be filled out. – Evaluate and approve your request. – By return mail will be sent confirmation ID and password. AND A CHECK! With the support of:

 

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ProAves bird database exceeds 270,000 records
Monday 30 November 2009.

With seven years of targeted bird research and monitoring across a strategic network of research stations and protected areas, we have established a database of over 270,000 bird records that is assisting bird conservation activities.

Colombia es el país más diverso del mundo en aves, con 1871 especies, más que cualquier otro país del mundo. La Fundación ProAves mantiene y publica elListado de Aves de Colombia cada año desde el 2007, siguiendo el primer listado de aves de Colombia, publicado en el 2001. La publicación se mantiene actualizada con nuevos datos sobre la distribución y taxonomía de las especies que ocurren en Colombia, y se publica anualmente como una edición deConservación Colombiana. Lo invitamos a colaborar mandando sus registros nuevos a listado@proaves.org

Próximamente se va a establecer un Foro Nacional de Registros de Aves para Colombia con el fin de formalizar el proceso de cambiar el listado nacional.

Ver El Listado, en sus varias ediciones:

2009: Conservación Colombiana 8

2008: Conservación Colombiana 5 (versión PDF y versión Excell)

2007: Conservación Colombiana 2 (Suplemento)

2001 (no disponible en línea)

favor comunicarse a dcaro @ proaves.org o en la sede de ProAves, Cra 20 No. 36-61, Bogotá.

Ver las revisiones más recientes:

Donegan, T.M., Salaman, P. Caro, D. 2009. Revision of the status of various bird species occurring or reported in Colombia. Conservación Colombiana 8: 80-86; 87.

Salaman, P., Bayly, N., Burridge, R., Grantham, M., Gurney, M., Quevedo, A., Urueña, L.E., Donegan, T. 2008. Sixteen bird species new for Colombia.Conservación Colombiana 5: 80-85.