Tall trees and nest-boxes: a winning combination

OH WOW, just look at that!” The exclamation of dismay emanated from the researchers as they huddled over the gruesome camera-trap image. It showed a Belizean yellow-headed parrot chick (Amazona oratrix belizensis) being dragged out of its nest-cavity by a tayra (Eira barbara): a robust, agile and ferocious predator, cousin to stoats and martens, and widely distributed in South and Central America. In any event, the camera-trap solved the disappearance of the chick, but tayras are natural predators. They are also the least of the yellow-headed parrot’s problems.

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