Un nuevo registro del loro orejiamarillo (Ognorhynchus icterotis: Psittacidae) en la Cordillera Oriental colombiana

Abstract

The Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis) is a near-endemic Colombian species catalogued as critically threatened (CR) according to the UICN, owing especially to the fragmentation and loss of its natural habitat and to subsistence hunting. We observed ca. 30 individuals in a very humid premontane forest in the municipality of San Luis de Cubarral (Meta), associated with the palm Dictyocaryum lamarckianum. This record represents an important extension of its currently known distribution and indicates that its presence is not strictly associated with wax palms (Ceroxylon spp.), which has implications for its conservation.