The Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola, also known as Lineolated Parakeet or Catherine Parakeet) is a bird found in western Panama, south Mexico, northern Colombia, Venezuela and the Andean mountains in Peru. The Andes between Chile and Argentina Satellite Image of the Andes (Source:http://earthobservatory. ...
Their habitat is the forests and mountains up to 2000m above sea level or so. They spend some of their time on the ground, but sleep high in the trees. They are not affected by cold and have been seen taking snow baths. They are found in the wild in groups of 6 to 30 although bigger groups( up to 150 birds ) are known. They eat fruit, dry seeds, germinated seeds and even insect larvae. They are green and black birds with little difference between males and females except in tail colour.
They are roughly 6 & 3/4 inches in length. They weigh on average, a petite 47 - 55 grams. Oddly, they prefer to run and climb rather than fly.
There are many colour mutations which are: blue, cobalt, mauve, lutino (bright yellow with red eyes), creamino, cinnamon, golden, pied, silver and violet.
Use of this road is now barred to unauthorised vehicles.
Currently bred at the centre for release are now the highly endangered Echo Parakeet whose population shows the first signs of a recovery as well as the recovering Mauritian Fruit Bat and the still endangered Rodrigues Fruit Bat.
The main reason for visiting this centre is to be allowed to go out with the staff to feed the captive bred but released Mauritius Kestrel at Black River Gorges National Park.
During the day contact was made through the bars with the three adult gorillas.
Lia spent the most time near him, and clearly wanted to mother him, but since we knew she was pregnant we wanted to be sure she would focus on her own baby when he was born.
He spends his days out with the gorillas, coming to the barred window three times a day to receive a milk bottle from the keeper.
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