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.

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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.