Socorro Parakeet
Psittacara brevipes
Some ornithologists consider it to be a subspecies of the Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus brevipes), but some researchers now accept it as a full species. When I visited Isla Socorro in 2017, we found these birds in the cloud forests on the upper slopes of the volcano that formed the island (Mount Evermann), where they are endemic.
These birds are endangered. The population appears to be dwindling. Overgrazing by sheep has been a problem in the past, but they have eradicated the sheep. There remains, however, a feral cat population which poses a threat to these birds, as well as other endemics on the island.
There are no recognised subspecies of Socorro Parakeet (i.e. they are monotypic).
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Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
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Description: These loud and boisterous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the northern slopes of the volcano that built the island. Socorro is the largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:17 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8519 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
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Description: These loud and boisterous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the northern slopes of the volcano that built the island. Socorro is the largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:18 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8549 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
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Description: These loud and boisterous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the northern slopes of the volcano that built the island. Socorro is the largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:26 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 370 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8649 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
|
Description: These loud and boisterous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the northern slopes of the volcano that built the island. Socorro is the largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:26 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 370 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8655 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
|
Description: These loud and boisterous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the northern slopes of the volcano that built the island. Socorro is the largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:29 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 450 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8690 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
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Description: These loud and boistrous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:30 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8714 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
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Description: These loud and boistrous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:19 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8554 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Parakeet(Psittacara brevipes) |
|
Description: These loud and boistrous birds were not difficult to detect on the mountain. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 13:30 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: SocorroParakeet_D5X8702 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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