Examining potential relationships between exotic monk parakeets (<i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>) and avian communities in an urban environment

Appelt, Christopher W.; Ward, Lorrie; Bender, Colleen; Fasenella, Joan; Vossen, Brandy J. Van; Knight, Lynn

doi:10.1676/1559-4491-128.3.556

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“…Line transects were 4 km in length and passed through four of the 1 km 2 squares during each survey; an additional five 1 km 2 squares were surveyed using single 1 km transects. We chose this resolution based on previous research into urban parrot populations (Grarock et al 2013, Appelt et al 2016) and because it captured the variation between urban areas within the city while still allowing the repeated surveys to be completed in one season. Visibility may have differed between transects owing to variation in urban structure, and was likely to be limited to several hundred metres from the transect line rather than extending to the whole 1 km 2 .…”

Section: Survey Area and Survey Methodsmentioning

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Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus

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While urbanisation remains a major threat to biodiversity, urban areas can sometimes play an important role in protecting threatened species, especially exploited taxa such as parrots. The Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus has been extirpated across much of Hispaniola, including from most protected areas, yet Santo Domingo (capital city of the Dominican Republic) has recently been found to support the island’s densest remaining population. In 2019, we used repeated transects and point-counts across 60 1 km2 squares of Santo Domingo to examine the distribution of parakeets, identify factors that might drive local presence and abundance, and investigate breeding ecology. Occupancy models indicate that parakeet presence was positively related to tree species richness across the city. N-Mixture models show parakeet encounter rates were correlated positively with species richness of trees and number of discrete ‘green’ patches (> 100 m2) within the survey squares. Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus, the main tree-cavity-producing species on Hispaniola, occurs throughout the city, but few parakeet nests are known to involve the secondary use of its or other cavities in trees/palms. Most parakeet breeding (perhaps 50–100 pairs) appears to occur at two colonies in old buildings, and possibly only a small proportion of the city’s 1500+ parakeets that occupy a single roost in street trees breed in any year. Our models emphasise the importance of parks and gardens in providing feeding resources for this IUCN Vulnerable species. Hispaniola’s urban centres may be strongholds for populations of parakeets and may even represent sources for birds to recolonise formerly occupied areas on the island.

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Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus

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“…La baja coexistencia del perico monje argentino con otras especies ya ha sido registrada anteriormente en EUA, donde se sugiere que la especie tiene baja influencia en la comunidad de aves, así como en algunos estados mexicanos (Appelt et al, 2016;Muñoz-Jiménez y Álcantara-Carbajal, 2017). Durante la temporada de mayor ocupación del mirlo dorso canela, este co-ocurrió especialmente con el papamoscas cardenalito y el colibrí pico ancho, que son especies bastante comunes en las áreas verdes de la ciudad (Malagamba-Rubio et al, 2013).…”

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Preferencia de hábitat de aves exóticas y su coexistencia con aves locales en áreas verdes de la ciudad de Querétaro

López-Puebla

Pineda-López

2021

Rev.Mex.Biodiv.

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“…They are generally monogamous, "so quite a few monk parakeets stay together in a pair but some change, often after their pair mate had disappeared-dead or dispersed" (Dawson-Pell 2021). Monk parakeets are highly social birds (Muñoz and Real 2006) that have a sedentary lifestyle, a broad diet (Appelt et al 2016), and gregarious behavior (Di Santo et al 2013). A unique characteristic of the monk parakeet is that it is the only species in its family to build its own nest with twigs, sometimes using existing cavities (Hernández-Brito et al 2021).…”

Section: The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta Monachus)mentioning

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“The Unbearable Green Demon”: A Critical Analysis of Press Representation around the Extermination of Monk Parakeets in Madrid

Fernández

Cabezudo

Suárez-Domínguez

2022

Journalism and Media

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We examine the press representation of monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) and their population management in Madrid city. To do this, we analyze mentions of this species in six Spanish newspapers for the case of Madrid. We apply a mixed methodology composed of framing, text analysis, and sentiment analysis. This multi-method approach allows us to further examine the framing and word choice of the newspapers, concluding that the press representation of monk parakeets has been biased and non-ethically led. We discuss this outcome by proposing a media representation guided by non-speciesist ethical framings and avoiding the objectification of nonhuman animals.

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Examining potential relationships between exotic monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) and avian communities in an urban environment

Cited by 13 publications

References 29 publications

Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus

Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus

Preferencia de hábitat de aves exóticas y su coexistencia con aves locales en áreas verdes de la ciudad de Querétaro

“The Unbearable Green Demon”: A Critical Analysis of Press Representation around the Extermination of Monk Parakeets in Madrid

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