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Loro Parque Fundación (LPF)
The Loro Parque Fundación (LPF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation legally registered with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Government of Spain since 1994. It operates on an international basis to promote the conservation of parrots and their habitats.
It has its headquarters at Loro Parque, a first class zoological collection based on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands (Spain). The Loro Parque Fundación focuses on parrots, for several good reasons. Parrots are found throughout the different tropical regions, where biodiversity is highest and where environmental destruction is at its greatest. No other group of birds contains such a high number of threatened species. Moreover, because of their beautiful colours and appealing behaviour, parrots can be very effective "flagships" in increasing support from local rural communities and attracting vital aid necessary for environmental and economic improvements.
Our mission is to conserve parrots andtheir habitats, through education, applied
research, responsible breeding programmes,and community-based conservation activitiesthat use parrots as ambassadors for nature.
If you have doubts or suggestions, please contact us .
The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice.
To fulfill our Mission, we have formulatedseven objectives
OBJECTIVE
To improve the conservation status of threatened parrots and their natural habitats.
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To foster awareness about the need to protect parrots and general biodiversity, and enhance co-operative networking, collaboration and capacity-building.
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To support and collaborate in community-based conservation, education and sustainable development programmes that use parrots as flagships for the protection of the most endangered ecosystems.
To promote and strengthen the potential of responsible captive management, breeding and welfare as complementary conservation tools to provide a safety-net for parrots endangered in the wild state.
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To support and conduct applied research programmes that improve our understanding of parrot biology in every aspect.
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To reduce the pressure exerted by trade on wild parrot populations, by supplying the demand from aviculturists with sustainably-bred captive parrots.
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To use captive-bred parrots in a sustainable manner to secure financial resources for conservation activities in the field, and to support re-introduction programmes.
A bit of history about LPFIn the year 1987, Wolfgang Kiessling, founder of Loro Parque, decided to finance his first parrot conservation project, aimed at saving the two endemic amazons on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Subsequently, in 1989, an association to work for the conservation of parrots was established, which laid the grounds for future developments. In 1992, a non-profit foundation was registered at a regional level in the Canary Islands. The initiative further evolved until in 1994, LPF was legally registered with the Ministry for Education and Science of the government of Spain, such that it could engage in activities to promote the conservation of parrots on an international basis. The Spix´s Macaw –one of the most emblematic parrot species– was chosen as the figurehead of the new Foundation.
As a first contribution to the Foundation, Loro Parque donated its world famous parrot collection and committed itself to cover the costs for its management. The Foundation subsequently became the leading force in the management of the parrot collection and the field conservation projects that had previously been funded by Loro Parque. It enjoys the continuous financial support of Loro Parque which guarantees that its running costs are entirely covered.
In 1995, the LPF employed its first Scientific Director, which led to the establishment of guidelines and priorities for the selection and funding of parrot field conservation projects and the conduct of captive research and education programmes. The year 1996 was marked by several important events. Foremost, a generous donation by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand and her acceptance to become Honorary Member of LPF. Secondly, the founding of the Advisory Board.
In 1997, a pilot re-introduction experiment designed to help future releases of captive-bred Spix´s macaws, the world’s rarest bird, was initiated, with encouraging results throughout this and the following year. In 1998, the LPF for the first time hosted the International Parrot Convention (the three previous ones were hosted by Loro Parque), and was able to present to a wider audience the marked increase of conservation activities it had supervised. At this occasion, the new parrot breeding centre “La Vera” was also completed and inaugurated. Also in 1998 the activities of the Education Department were significantly increased with the employment of an education specialist.
In 1999 and 2000, the Foundation’s facilities inside Loro Parque underwent renovation, almost doubling in size with one new office and a dual function conference room and library, to improve the opportunities for visiting researchers. For the first time, the number of active conservation projects increased to more than ten. At the end of the year, the last wild male Spix’s Macaw disappeared, which means that the species is now extinct in the wild.
In 2001, activity of the Permanent Committee for the Recovery of the Spix´s Macaw (CPRAA) was suspended, and the former studbook keeper and coordinator of captive management substituted. The Field Conservation programme was also suspended until proper measures can be adopted by IBAMA (the Brazilian environmental authority) to create a new structure which manages the field and breeding programmes. Also in this year the Yellow-eared conure Conservation Project in Colombia delivered very successful results with the finding of a second population in the Andean mountain range, raising the total known population to almost 400 birds.
In 2002 the Blue-throated Macaw Conservation Programme in Bolivia experienced a reinforcement, with a new Recovery Plan auspiciated by Loro Parque Fundación and formulated between all the parties involved in the species conservation. By July, IBAMA disbanded the Spix's Macaw Recovery Committee (CPRAA), created twleve years earlier to bring together a wide range of parties in a unique effort to save the species from extinction. In September the V International Parrot Congress was held, registering more than 800 participants from 33 countries.
An exciting new educational project started in 2003, the "Aula del Mar" (classroom of the sea) funded by Caja de Madrid. The educational activities also included the presentation of the didactic video "Paco el Loro". In April the annual conference of the European Association of Avian Veterinarians was hosted by Loro Parque and Fundación, to which the EAAV made a very welcome donation. As part of the St Vincent parrot project, the LPF funded Dr Katherine Herbert-Hackshaw, Chief Veterinary Officer of St Vincent to spend two months working with the LPF parrot collection to get specialist training. The Fundación participated in giving lectures and practicals to the Latin American students in the Masters Course in the Management of Tropical Biodiversity, set up by the Fundación Carolina, the Friends of Coto Doñana Foundation and the University of San Pablo CEU. The latest addition to the Advisory Board was Dr Wolf Michael Iwand, Environment Director for TUI AG, the major tourism company which is a donor to the LPF. The Fundación also hosted a meeting of BirdLife International's Rare Bird Club, of which Mr Kiessling is a member. In the parrot collection, the first breeding was recorded of the Marajo Yellowheaded Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala xantholaema), and three Red Shining
Parrots (Prosopeia tabuensis) came in from Tonga. The end of year total for chicks reared was 1,375 of 171 different taxa.
In October 2003, Loro Parque and Fundación hosted the workshop "Integration of Sustainable Tourism and the Conservation of Fauna Ex situ", organised jointly with the Institute for Responsible Tourism. Also in October, the Fundación attended the St Vincent Parrot meeting, where it was nominated Secretary of the St Vincent Parrot Conservation Consortium. The LPF funded the new Spix's Macaw Recovery Plan written by Yves de Soye, and Yara Barros of IBAMA. Furthermore, the LPF Veterinary Director, Dr Lorenzo Crosta travelled to Sao Paulo Zoo with our possibly infertile male, checked the health and reproductive status of the Spix's Macaws in the zoo, and returned with a replacement male. This check included Presley, the male which had been discovered in the USA and repatriated to Brazil, and whose condition had much improved. 2003 finished on a high note as the Loro Parque Fundación became a member of the IUCN.
In 2004, the 10th anniversary year brought an event that had not happened since 1992. The new male Spix's macaw from Sao Paulo was put together with the female in January and they formed a strong bond from the beginning. The next month the female laid eggs, one of which was fertile and hatched to produce a female chick which has now fledged and is very healthy. Moreover, the pair bred again in October, producing another healthy female chick. Amidst this excitement we welcomed once again the Masters Course in Tropical Biodiversity Management, and were running an education projects competition for schools. We also welcomed the VIII Congress of the Spanish Federation of Popular Universities, which were in Tenerife in April. In this same month, Lorenzo Crosta returned to Brazil and again checked the Spix's Macaws, plus 31 Lear's Macaws in the Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro zoos. We were also informed that the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation had acquired the Spix's Macaws held previously by Roland Messer in Switzerland and Antonio de Dios in the Philippines (a total of 42 birds). Given the LPF's good relations with Al Wabra, and the serious conservation intent of the latter in comparison to former holders, the signs are looking much better for proper management of the captive birds. These aspects were discussed at the meeting of the Spix's Macaw Working Group held in Brazil in December, and attended by Christoph Kiessling and David Waugh from the LPF.
In June 2004, the Fundación presented examples of its activities at the II EAZA Conservation Conference in Angers, France, and in July it participated in the Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona. This consisted of a promotional stand, and a formal presentation in the Dialogue on Tourism, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability, as well as an accompanying poster also dealing with the theme of sustainable tourism and zoological parks. Also in July, we were delighted by the visit of H.R.H. Princess Galyani of Thailand to Loro Parque and to the LPF Breeding Centre. In the following month the LPF had a very positive presence at the main avicultural event in North America, the annual conference of the American Federation of Aviculture. 2004 has also been a year for continuing our traditional involvement in the conservation of cetaceans. We are supporting the work of Dr Boris Culik who is testing with wild Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) the possibilities to promote avoidance of fishing nets by these and other species, and therefore reduce mortality as a result of by-catch. There were two more LPF Parrot Workshops held in 2004, and it was again another record year for breeding in the parrot collection, with a total of 1,458 ringed young parrots, an increased of 6% from 2003.
The agreement by the LPF Board, at its meeting in October 2004, to allocate a record 500.000 euros to conservation activities in the next year is a tremendous endorsement of the achievements which have been made over the past decade. With almost 6 million euros in reserve, the finances of the Fundación are in good health, a trend which must be continued if we are to double our achievements in the next ten years.
BREEDING FACILITIES
La Vera is located on the site of an old banana plantation only a few kilometres south of Loro Parque, and occupies an area of 17,000 m2. It now houses the majority of the genetic reserve, apart from those which are on public exhibition at Loro Parque. The climate on the island favours a prolific vegetation growth, such that each aviary is surrounded by lush subtropical fruit trees and ornamental plants, recreating an almost natural environment.
In the course of the past breeding season, we have systematically incorporated additional management techniques and infrastructures to provide birds with an as «near-to-nature» environment as possible, duplicating the seasonal changes in nature and thus obtaining better breeding results. Various new kinds of nestboxes were offered to those species whose breeding results had not been satisfactory in the past, in an attempt to cover the variety of nest preferences that exist for each species.
All birds bred at our facility are closed-banded in close co-operation with the authorities of CITES.
Species and subspecies1. Agapornis canus
2. Agapornis fischeri
3. Agapornis lilianae
4. Agapornis nigrigenis
5. Agapornis personata
6. Agapornis pullaria
7. Agapornis roseicollis
8. Agapornis taranta
9. Alisterus a. dorsalis
10. Alisterus a. amboinensis
11. Alisterus a. buruensis
12. Alisterus a. hypophonius
13. Alisterus c. moszkowskii
14. Alisterus s. scapularis
15. Amazona a. aestiva
16. Amazona a. xanthopteryx
17. Amazona agilis
18. Amazona a. albifrons
19. Amazona a. nana
20. Amazona amazonica
21. Amazona arausiaca
22. Amazona a. autumnalis
23. Amazona a. diadema
24. Amazona a. lilacina
25. Amazona a. salvini
26. Amazona barbadensis
27. Amazona brasiliensis
28. Amazona collaria
29. Amazona dufresniana
30. Amazona rhodocorytha
31. Amazona f. farinosa
32. Amazona f. guatemalae
33. Amazona f. virenticeps
34. Amazona f. bodini
35. Amazona f. festiva
36. Amazona finschi
37. Amazona guildingii
38. Amazona m. mercenaria
39. Amazone mercenaria canipalliata
40. Amazona l. leucocephala
41. Amazona l. caymanensis
42. Amazona l. palmarum
43. Amazona o. auropalliata
44. Amazona o. nattereri
45. Amazona o. ochrocephala
46. Amazona o. oratrix
47. Amazona o. caribae
48. Amazona o. panamensis
49. Amazona o. parvipes
50. Amazona o. tresmariae
51. Amazona o. xantholaema
52. Amazona pretrei
53. Amazona tucumana
54. Amazona ventralis
55. Amazona vinacea
56. Amazona viridigenalis
57. Amazona xantholora
58. Amazona xanthops
59. Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
60. Aprosmictus erythropterus
61. Aprosmictus jonquillaceus
62. Ara ambigua
63. Ara ararauna
64. Ara auricollis
65. Ara chloroptera
66. Ara couloni
67. Ara glaucogularis
68. Ara m. macao
69. Ara macao cyanoptera
70. Ara manilata
71. Ara maracana
72. Ara m. militaris
73. Ara n. cumanensis
74. Ara n. nobilis
75. Ara rubrogenys
76. Ara severa
77. Aratinga a. acuticaudata
78. Aratinga a. haemorhous
79. Aratinga aurea
80. Aratinga auricapilla
81. Aratinga cactorum
82. Aratinga c. canicularis
83. Aratinga c. eburnirostrum
84. Aratinga c. clarae
85. Aratinga chloroptera
86. Aratinga erythrogenys
87. Aratinga euops
88. Aratinga finschi
89. Aratinga jandaya
90. Aratinga holochlora
91. Aratinga rubritorquis
92. Aratinga solstitialis
93. Aratinga leucophthalmus
94. Aratinga mitrata
95. Aratinga n. astec
96. Aratinga n. nana
97. Aratinga p. pertinax
98. Aratinga p. surinama
99. Aratinga w. frontata
100. Aratinga weddellii
101. Barnardius b. barnardi
102. Barnardius b. macgillivrayi
103. Barnardius z. semitorquatus
104. Barnardius z. zonarius
105. Bolborhynchus aymara
106. Bolborhynchus lineola
107. Bolborhynchus a. aurifrons
108. Bolborhynchus a. robertsi
109. Bolborhynchus orbygnesius
110. Brotogeris c. beniensis
111. Brotogeris c. cyanoptera
112. Brotogeris c. chrysopterus
113. Brotogeris c. tuipara
114. Brotogeris jugularis
115. Brotogeris v. versicolurus
116. Brotogeris v. chiriri
117. Brotogeris pyrrhopterus
118. Brotogeris tirica
119. Brotogeris sanctithomae
120. Cacatua alba
121. Cacatua ducorpsii
122. Cacatua g. eleonora
123. Cacatua g. galerita
124. Cacatua g. triton
125. Cacatua goffini
126. Cacatua haematuropygia
127. Cacatua leadbeateri
128. Cacatua moluccensis
129. Cacatua ophthalmica
130. Cacatua pastinator
131. Cacatua s. abotti
132. Cacatua s. sulphurea
133. Cacatua s. sanguinea
134. Cacatua s. citrinocristata
135. Cacatua tenuirostris
136. Callocephalon fimbriatum
137. Calyptorhynchus f. baudini
138. Calyptorhynchus f. funereus
139. Calyptorhynchus magnificus
140. Chalcopsitta a. atra
141. Chalcopsitta a. bernsteini
142. Chalcopsitta a. insignis
143. Chalcopsitta cardinalis
144. Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
145. Chalcopsitta scintillata
146. Charmosyna josephinae
147. Charmosyna multistriata
148. Charmosyna p. goliathina
149. Charmosyna p. placentis
150. Charmosyna p. subplacens
151. Charmosyna pulchella
152. Charmosyna rubronotata
153. Coracopsis nigra
154. Coracopsis v. vasa
155. Coracopsis v. drouhardi
156. Cyanoliseus p. patagonus
157. Cyanoliseus p. andinus
158. Cyanoliseus p. bloxami
159. Cyanopsitta spixii
160. Cyanoramphus auriceps
161. Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
162. Deroptyus a. accipitrinus
163. Deroptyus a. fuscifrons
164. Eclectus r. aruensis
165. Eclectus r. polychloros
166. Eclectus r. roratus
167. Eclectus r. solomonensis
168. Eclectus r. vosmaeri
169. Eclectus r. riedeli
170. Eclectus r. cornelia
171. Enicognathus ferrugineus
172. Enicognathus leptorhynchus
173. Eolophus roseicapilla
174. Eos b. cyanonothus
175. Eos bornea
176. Eos cyanogenia
177. Eos histrio
178. Eos reticulata
179. Eos semilarvata
180. Eos s. squamata
181. Eos s. obiensis
182. Eos s. riciniata
183. Eos s. atrocaerulea
184. Eunymphicus c. cornutus
185. Eunymphicus c. uvaeensis
186. Forpus coelestis
187. Forpus conspicillatus
188. Forpus cyanopygius
189. Forpus passerinus
190. Forpus p.deliciosus
191. Forpus p. viridissimus
192. Forpus spengeli
193. Forpus xanthops
194. Forpus x. flavissimus
195. Forpus x. xanthopterygius
196. Glosopsitta concinna
197. Graydidascalus brachyurus
198. Guarouba guarouba
199. Lathamus discolor
200. Loriculus galgulus
201. Loriculus philippensis
202. Loriculus stigmatus
203. Loriculus vernalis
204. Lorius chlorocercus
205. Lorius domicellus
206. Lorius garrulus
207. Lorius g. flaviopalliatus
208. Lorius g. morataianus
209. Lorius hypoinochrous
210. Lorius lory
211. Lorius l. salvadori
212. Lorius l. erythrothorax
213. Melopsittacus undulatus
214. Myiopsitta monachus
215. Nandayus nenday
216. Neophema crhysostoma
217. Neophema bourki
218. Neophema elegans
219. Neophema pulchella
220. Neophema splendida
221. Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
222. Neopsittacus p. pullicauda
223. Neopsittacus p. alpinus
224. Nestor notabilis
225. Nymphicus hollandicus
226. Opopsitta diophthalma
227. Opopsitta gulielmiterti
228. Opopsitta g. amabilis
229. Oreopsittacus arfaki major
230. Phigys solitarius
231. Pionites l. leucogaster
232. Pionites l. xanthomeria
233. Pionites melanocephala
234. Pionopsitta pileata
235. Pionus chalcopterus
236. Pionus fuscus
237. Pionus maximiliani
238. Pionus menstruus
239. Pionus s. corallinus
240. Pionus senilis
241. Pionus tumultuosus
242. Platycercus a. adscitus
243. Platycercus a. palliceps
244. Platycercus a. adelaidae
245. Platycercus a. subadelaide
246. Platycercus caledonicus
247. Platycercus elegans
248. Platycercus eximius
249. Platycercus flaveolus
250. Platycercus icterotis
251. Platycercus venustus
252. Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
253. Poicephalus g. gulielmi
254. Poicephalus g. fantiensis
255. Poicephalus g. massaicus
256. Poicephalus meyeri
257. Poicephalus r. fuscicollis
258. Poicephalus rueppellii
259. Poicephalus rufiventris
260. Poicephalus senegalus
261. Poicephalus s. mesotypus
262. Poicephalus s. vesteri
263. Polytelis alexandrae
264. Polytelis anthopeplus
265. Polytelis swainsonii
266. Prioniturus mada
267. Probosciger a. aterrimus
268. Probosciger a. goliath
269. Prosopeia t. tabuensis
270. Prosopeia splendens
271. Psephotus c. chrysopterygius
272. Psephotus c dissimilis
273. Psephotus h. haematogaster
274. Psephotus h. haematorrhous
275. Psephotus haematonotus
276. Psephotus varius
277. Pseudeos fuscata
278. Psittacula a. abotti
279. Psittacula a. alexandri
280. Psittacula calthorpae
281. Psittacula columboides
282. Psittacula cyanocephala
283. Psittacula derbyana
284. Psittacula e. siamensis
285. Psittacula eupatria
286. Psittacula h. finschii
287. Psittacula himalayana
288. Psittacula k. krameri
289. Psittacula k. manillensis
290. Psittacula longicauda
291. Psittacula r. roseata
292. Psittacula roseata juneae
293. Psittaculirostris desmarestii
294. Psittaculirostris edwardsii
295. Psittaculirostris salvadori
296. Psittacus e. erithacus
297. Psittacus e. timneh
298. Psittinus cyanurus
299. Psittrichas fulgidus
300. Purpureicephalus spurius
301. Pyrrhura cruentata
302. Pyrrhura egregia
303. Pyrrhura frontalis
304. Pyrrhura hoffmanni gaudens
305. Pyrrhura l. leucotis
306. Pyrrhura l. emma
307. Pyrrhura l. griseipectus
308. Pyrrhura m. melanura
309. Pyrrhura m. pacifica
310. Pyrrhura m. souancei
311. Pyrrhura m. molinae
312. Pyrrhura m. restricta
313. Pyrrhura m. hypoxantha
314. Pyrrhura p. coerulescens
315. Pyrrhura p. lepida
316. Pyrrhura p. perlata
317. Pyrrhura p. picta
318. Pyrrhura p. roseifrons
319. Pyrrhura rhodocephala
320. Pyrrhura r. rupicola
321. Pyrrhura r. sandiae
322. Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
323. Tanygnathus lucionensis
324. Tanygnathus megalorhynchus
325. Tanygnathus sumatranus
326. Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
327. Trichoglossus euteles
328. Trichoglossus f. flavoviridis
329. Trichoglossus f. meyeri
330. Trichoglossus goldiei
331. Trichoglossus h. capistratus
332. Trichoglossus h. ceruliceps
333. Trichoglossus h. deplanchii
334. Trichoglossus h. djampeanus
335. Trichoglossus h. forsteni
336. Trichoglossus h. haematodus
337. Trichoglossus h. massena
338. Trichoglossus h. mitchelli
339. Trichoglossus h. moluccanus
340. Trichoglossus h. rosenbergii
341. Trichoglossus h. rubritorquis
342. Trichoglossus h. stresemanni
343. Trichoglossus h. weberi
344. Trichoglossus iris
345. Trichoglossus j. johnstoniae
346. Trichoglossus ornatus
( updated in September 2003)
Loro Parque Fundación always wishes to improve the balance of its collection. Therefore, we would kindly ask all parrot breeders who hold species and subspecies whose scientific names are not listed on the above mentioned stock list to contact us.