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The Ouvéa parakeet – state of knowledge and conservation status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

O. Robinet ,
F. Beugnet ,
D. Dulieu  and
Ph. Chardonnet
O. Robinet
Affiliation:
Direction du Développement Economique de la Province des lies Loyauté, BP 50, Lifou, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
F. Beugnet
Affiliation:
CIRAD-EMVT, BP 186 Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
D. Dulieu
Affiliation:
CIRAD-EMVT, BP 186 Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Ph. Chardonnet
Affiliation:
CIRAD-EMVT, 10 rue Pierre Curie, F. 94704 Maisons Alfort, Cedex.
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New Caledonia, a French territory in the south-west Pacific has a very high number of endemic taxa. The endemic fauna include a monotypic genus of parakeets – Eunymphicus. One subspecies, Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis, which is endemic to the island of Ouvéa in the Loyalty Islands, is seriously threatened by degradation of its natural habitat, natural predators and capture for sale to collectors. There are now only 200–500 individuals left in the wild. The parakeet is the emblem of Ouv–a and local people, together with research scientists, have formed a society with the aims of studying the parakeet in its natural environment, making the general public aware of its conservation requirements, combating smuggling, increasing its population by breeding it in captivity and, if possible, introducing it on to a neighbouring island.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 143 - 150
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1995

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