GENERAL NEWS - The Imperial Amazon of Dominica, the World's Rarest Amazon Parrot

The Imperial Amazon of Dominica The World's Rarest Amazon Parrot

Urgent efforts are underway to save this large and beautiful bird from extinction. Headed by The Rare Species Conservatory Foundation in Florida, and with the active support of the government of Dominica, 10,000 acres of pristine rain forest are being turned into a National Park to preserve the habitat and sole nesting site.

Brinsea Octagon 20 incubators and brooders have been chosen for these vital conservation programs and have been shipped to Dominica for use in a specially constructed local facility.

The project also includes a captive breeding program on the island to augment the unusually slow reproductive rate; Imperials are believed to lay only a single egg 'clutch'. Government sanctioned efforts to accelerate reproduction by 'stealing' eggs from wild nests for artificial incubation have failed so far because of the extreme inaccessibility of the nest sights. Removal of the egg is expected to encourage the birds to lay again. Only about sixty individual birds are believed to exist and they are all on the island of Dominica.

A second highly endangered species, the Red Necked Amazon will also benefit from this high profile program.

Brinsea incubators and brooders have been chosen for this and other vital conservation programs as diverse as the New Zealand Kiwi, the Philippine Eagle (the rarest eagle on Earth), and the first artificial hatching of the Royal Albatross.

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