Species Use Database

Yellow nape Amazon parrot, Lora nuca amarilla
Amazona auropalliata

Used for Keeping/companionship/display in Nicaragua

A. Species

Scientific name: Amazona auropalliata

Common name(s): Yellow nape Amazon parrot, Lora nuca amarilla

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Nicaragua

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Nicaragua


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1994

End Year: 2008


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Keeping/companionship/display

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable

Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Proposal report

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: A Prohibition on capture was implemented in 2008 due to an unsustainable decline in numbers.

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable

Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Proposal report.

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Prior to 2008, the exploitation of this parrot species by private companies under a permit / quota system generated revenues.

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Details of assessment carried out: This NDF Proposal report

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: This study proposes a strategy to allow the recovery of parrot populations through methods such as ranching and a broad community involvement together with habitat management - called the “Programas de Recuperación de Poblaciones de Psitácidos” (Programs for the Recovery of Psittacide - PRP). Populations) (PRP Spanish acronym).

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

The study recommends the implantation of the PRP - Parrot Recovery Plan - that it details to promote parrot recovery and allow some sustainable extent of wild harvest to be restored.


Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit

Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

PROPOSAL FOR MAKING AN NDF BASED ON A
PSITTACIDAE RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR NICARAGUA: THE AMAZONA AUROPALLIATA CASE (2008):
By Martín Lezama-López
NDF WORKSHOP CASE STUDIES
WG 6 – Birds
CASE STUDY 2
Amazona auropalliata
Country – NICARAGUA

Date of record entry: 2023-09-28