Parrot survey finds poaching but also hope

The largest report yet on wild-parrot nests has found poaching to be alarmingly common. The report also argues, however, that at least one protection measure has chilled illegal trade in the birds.

A female yellow-naped Amazon parrot peers out of her nest. Wright

Twenty-five researchers from 14 countries pooled mostly unpublished data on 21 species of New World parrots, says Timothy F.