Booking.com®: a fake mega arboreal termitaria as an unusual nesting site for the Peach-fronted parakeet, Eupsittula aurea (Psittacidae)

• Main Author: Franco Leandro Souza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2016-12-01
• Series: Biotemas
• Subjects: Cerrado; Nesting; Peach-fronted parakeet; Termite; Urban ecology
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/45471

Urban areas turn natural landscapes into challenging habitats for many species, by eliminating and/or replacing native resources, such as natural cavities for hollow-nesting species. This article describes a refrigeration system as an unusual nesting site for the Peach-fronted parakeet, Eupsittula aurea, in the Central-West of Brazil. Although nesting has not came into effect, site selection may reflect environmental changes occurring in the Cerrado.