De: Gunnar Engblom <gengblom@...>
Asunto: Re: [Birdingperu] Paroaria coronata at San Miguel
A: Birdingperu@yahoogroups.com
Fecha: lunes, 8 junio, 2009, 12:53 am

Alejandro and Javier.

They have established a population in Lima, because I hear of flocks
now from La Molina (6 or 10 birds - can't remember?), and there are
reports of birds from El Olivar (quite a while ago), Surco and San
Miguel (probably originating from Parque de las Leyendas Zoo). The key
word is not "established" , but whether the population is "viable" over
time. Time will tell, but they are right now in many places and as
such interesting to monitor.

Talking about escapes. Last week I had for the first time an Amazona
Parrot fly-over in Lima (Miraflores) . It flew with a group of
Aratinga. Don't know what species, only that it was too small to be
Mealy..Anyone, else seen Amazon Parrots in Lima?

Gunnar

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Javier Barrio<javbar@gmail. com> wrote:
>
>
> I think Dan Lane already answered on that subject.  They can start a feral
> population but that does not mean they have established, even after several
> generations.  Paroaria coronata escapees have been found at least since the
> 1980s (I remember a pair around Universidad Agraria at la Molina). To start
> a population you need a female and a male, only 2, which is the same as
> three if they breed as pairs... the three you saw can be the same sex.
> Javier
>
>

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