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Sponsor the Yellow-crowned amazon
Amazona ochrocephala · Fund its rehabilitation and return to the wild.
About the Yellow-crowned amazon
Our flagship species. A large green parrot with yellow forehead and crown. The most-trafficked parrot in Colombia, and the reason Fundación Loros was founded. Its release was the subject of our peer-reviewed paper in Bird Conservation International.
Its journey back to the wild
Every individual follows the same open method: rescue and health evaluation, then free-flight training through increasingly complex environments (pre-release), and finally release with months of feeder-based post-release monitoring back in the tropical dry forest. Read the peer-reviewed study of its release. Your sponsorship keeps that whole process running.
Live from the reserve
The Yellow-crowned amazon in the field
Real field notes from our team — keepers, rangers, the vet, neighbours — from the days this species turns up around the reserve. Every note is reviewed before we publish it.
last month
B174 Steps Into the Little Forest on a May Morning
Alejandro Rigatuso
2 months ago
Three Loros Reales into the April Sky
Alejandro Rigatuso
2 months ago
One Last Peanut Before Taking Flight
Alejandro Rigatuso
3 months ago
Four Birds at Casa del Paraíso
Alejandro Rigatuso
3 months ago
The Squirrel, the Dew, and the Parrot Learning to Be Silent
Omar Enrique Verdugo Cabeza
3 months ago· 10.4465, -75.2616
The Guava the Pionus Chose
Omar Enrique Verdugo Cabeza
What you sponsor is a process — not a pet. In Colombia, wild fauna belongs to the Nation: it cannot be owned, bought or "adopted". When you sponsor a species you fund its rehabilitation and release process — food, veterinary care, free-flight training, post-release monitoring and the community work that keeps released birds safe. Individuals are identified only by their numbered ID tags, never as pets.
As a sponsor you receive photos and videos of the process, updates from our rangers and veterinarian, a monthly report, team testimonials, and recognition in our sponsors list and on social media.
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Sponsor the Yellow-crowned amazon
Fund a trafficked species' rehabilitation and return to the wild. You're a founding sponsor: reserve your place today — no charge yet.