Indigo-winged Parrot

The Fuertes's Parrot , also known as Indigo-winged Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia.

The Indigo-winged Parrot is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Indigo-winged Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia. The Fuertes's Parrot is about a foot long and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown. The bird's pale ivory bill has chestnut feathers at the base. It was rediscovered in 2002 after an absence of 91 years on the slopes of a volcano in Colombia. More

photographs ever taken of the indigo-winged parrot, which has never been held in captivity, unlike most other parrots. Dr Robert Prys-Jones, of the Natural History Museum in London, said the team had made a remarkable find, "one of the greatest wildlife discoveries in Colombia". The area where the parrots were found is said to be severely threatened by forest clearance for firewood, agriculture, road construction and cattle grazing. More

or the indigo-winged parrot, was first discovered in the Central Andes in 1911. It was never photographed. It was then "lost". It has never been held in... Ornithologists have rediscovered one of the world's rarest parrots after an absence of 91 years. Hapalopsittaca fuertesi, fuertes parrot or the indigo-winged parrot, was first discovered in the Central Andes in 1911. It was never photographed. It was then "lost". More

Indigo-winged parrots, considered one of the world`s rarest birds, have been rediscovered in central Colombia this July by a team of young ornithologists who won a Gold Award in this year`s BP Conservation Programme ? a partnership of BP, BirdLife International and Fauna and Flora International. This is the first concrete evidence of the continued existence of the species for 91 years. More

indigo-winged parrot was possible because the Colombian students had gone back to place of the unconfirmed sighting in 1989. "It shows that diligence pays off," said Nigel Collar, of Birdlife International. "Nature is giving us a second chance. We arrogantly think we have explored the planet. We make lots of assumptions when something hasn't been seen for a long time. More