At CRAS, a team comprised of zoology technicians, biologists and veterinary surgeons treats the animals until they are in a condition to be returned to their natural habitat. The vast number of animal withdrawn from this natural habitat and the need to monitor them on their release gave rise to the turquoise-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) Project being set up. The project’s objectives are to obtain information on the species’ reproductive biology by surveying nests and monitoring chicks in their natural surroundings, as well as the survival of chicks nurtured at CRAS and released at Refugio Ecológico Caiman.

As well as these objectives, the turquoise-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) Project aims to reveal the trade in parrots in the State. This will assist those institutions that are directly or indirectly responsible for the conservation and management of fauna in their decisions and allow an integrated effort in regard to the Amazona aestiva.

Beginning in August 1997, the turquoise-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) Project, in its first phase, identified 27 nests and followed the development of 4 chicks in the wild. Of these, 4 were fitted with radio transmitters to allow them to be tracked.  The survival rate of these chicks will provide a basis for comparison with the survival rate of the chicks raised by CRAS which will also fitted with radio transmitters and released into the wild.
The turquoise-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) Project is coordinated by the zoology technician, Gláucia Seixas, (CRAS) with the co-participation of EMBRAPA Pantanal and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Conservation International in Brazil, the Foz Tropicana Bird Park and Refugio Ecológico Caiman are further institutions supporting it.
 

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