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Table 2 Active nesting attempts of parrots in tree cavities

From: Exotic parrots breeding in urban tree cavities: nesting requirements, geographic distribution, and potential impacts on cavity nesting birds in southeast Florida

Nest tree

Parrot species

Egg laying date

Number of eggs

Hatch date

Fledge date

Result

1

BYMA

28-Jun-16

Unknown

28-Jul-16

31-Oct-16

2 fledged

2

OWPA

20-Apr-17

2

  

2 eggs failed, egg fragments observed

2

OWPA

06-May-17

2

29-May-17

14-Aug-17

2 fledged

3

RMPA

    

No eggs found but repeated visits by pair during Spring 2017

6

OWPA

06-Apr-17

4

01-May-17

05-Jul-17

2 fledged

10

OWPA

01-May-17

3

  

3 eggs failed, eggs missing, probable raccoon predation based on scratches and enlargement

12

RMPA

06-Jun-17

1

  

1 egg failed, egg missing

18

OWPA

20-May-18

2

  

2 eggs failed, eggs missing

19

NAPA

24-May-18

3

17-Jun-18

10-Aug-18

1 fledged

20

RMPA

17-Jun-18

3

10-Jul-18

17-Aug-18

3 fledged

21

RMPA

08-Jun-18

Unknown

01-Jul-18

14-Aug-18

2 fledged

22

RMPA

16-Jun-18

2

09-Jul-18

20-Aug-18

Unclear - internal cavity shape may have allowed near-fledglings to hide, probable success

23

OWPA

02-May-18

Unknown

27-May-18

05-Aug-18

3 fledged

  1. Numbering of nest trees follows Table 1
  2. BYMA Blue-and-yellow Macaw, OWPA Orange-winged Parrot, RMPA Red-masked Parakeet