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Titre :	First nesting Blue-crowned Parakeet in Britain
Auteurs :	Christopher Butler, Auteur ; Grant Hazlehurst, Auteur ; Kristie Butler, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (95(1) January, 2002)
Article en page(s) :	17-20
Résumé :	Four species of parrot (Psittacidae) have bred in the wild in the UK: Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri, Alexandrine Parakeet P. eupatria, Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus, and Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus. In April 2001, a fifth species of parrot, the Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata, was discovered breeding in Britain, when a nest with four eggs was found in a park in Lewisham, Kent. This provided an opportunity to observe the species breeding behaviour in the wild, about which there are few published data. By 6th May, the nest had been abandoned and the eggs were missing, possibly taken by a Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis. Blue-crowned Parakeets were first reported in Bromley in 1997, when two were recorded coming to a feeder, and by 1999 a flock of 15 was observed. Although their numbers are still low, this relatively rapid rate of increase may presage the establishment of another feral parrot species.

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