Rare Parrot photographed for the first time
June 27, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
Adriana Tovar and Luis Eduardo Uruena researchers of the Colombia-based nonprofit Fundación ProAves, found and photographed the extremely rare Perija parakeet (Pyrrhura caeruleiceps), of which only 30 to 50 individuals likely survive. These photographs are the first ever taken of the species.






