Ex-situ Conservation Preserves Pesquet’s Parrot Population
Community Discussion 
Papua has a great asset to biodiversity. The 5 August 2020 edition of the journal Nature states 13,634 flora species are growing in Papua, of which 1,000 species are endemic and endangered. Bird collections in Papua are also very diverse.
Avibase Research, as a global bird data center, records that 843 bird species live comfortably in Papua. That figure is half of the total bird species in Indonesia, or around 1,794 species, as quoted from data from Burung Indonesia NGO based on monitoring results in 2020.
One of the endemic birds from Papua is the Pesquet"s parrot with the scientific name Psittrichas fulgidus. The French naturalist Rene Primevere Lesson named it in his stop in Papua for the journey around the world in 1822-1825. Rene was also the first to find birds of paradise (Paradisaea) in their natural habitat. He was surprised at the discovery of Pesquet"s parrot because it is morphologically similar to Curica Urubu (Pyrilia vulturina) from Brazil.
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Avibase Research, as a global bird data center, records that 843 bird species live comfortably in Papua. That figure is half of the total bird species in Indonesia, or around 1,794 species, as quoted from data from Burung Indonesia NGO based on monitoring results in 2020.
One of the endemic birds from Papua is the Pesquet"s parrot with the scientific name Psittrichas fulgidus. The French naturalist Rene Primevere Lesson named it in his stop in Papua for the journey around the world in 1822-1825. Rene was also the first to find birds of paradise (Paradisaea) in their natural habitat. He was surprised at the discovery of Pesquet"s parrot because it is morphologically similar to Curica Urubu (Pyrilia vulturina) from Brazil.
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