Save a Parrot Nest!

Dear Friend,

Thanks to you, a new generation of yellow-naped Amazon parrots has taken flight across Central America. Despite significant challenges, including funding cuts and difficult field conditions, your support continues to make a lasting impact.

In El Salvador, even after budget reductions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, our team remained committed to this important work. We successfully monitored 15 nests in the eastern portion of the country. From these efforts, we verified the fledging of 19 parrot chicks, with an additional 12 chicks likely having fledged based on observed activity at those nest sites.

Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, we sustained our work with trusted parrot protectors who monitored at least six active nests and ensured the safe development of their chicks. These long-standing partners, many of whom are local farmers and former poachers, once again proved that conservation incentive payments work, and that with the right support, communities can become the most effective guardians of nature.

Your generosity is helping us give farmers an alternative to the illegal wildlife trade, while protecting a species vital to the health of Central America's tropical dry forests. Each protected nest is a victory not only for the yellow-naped Amazon parrot, but also for forest regeneration and rural livelihoods.

Thank you for continuing to stand with us and for making it possible for more baby parrots to be released safely into the wild.

With deep gratitude,

The Paso Pacifico Team

Dear Friend,

Your support is so vital to saving critically endangered yellow-naped Amazon parrots. We want to say thank you and also alert you to the current situation. Here is what is going on:

Our highly sucessfully yellow-naped Amazon parrot program expanded from Nicaragua to El Salvador in 2024. This is important because El Salvador's population is one of the most imperiled due to decades of wildlife traffic.

In January 2025, the U.S. Government froze funding for the El Salvador program at a time when parrots were nesting and we were already monitoring many active nests with baby parrots in the nest. This means that donors like are who can help save a parrot nest. 

We are now in the final push to help baby parrots hatch. We have 25 nests under the care of our community rangers. This incredible number of critically endangered parrots includes nests from both El Salvador and Nicaragua.

We feel so much hope because the new nests in El Salvador have been located for us by local fishermen who are admittedly former poachers. These fishermen are now working round the clock under close coordination by Paso Pacifico biologists and also the supervision of Salvadoran law enforcement authorities. 

Will you help a baby parrot to thrive? From today, March 25th until March 28th, your donation of up to $50 will be matched at 50% by this platform, GlobalGiving. This is an incredible chance to expand your impact.

Thank you for your support and for helping us to save the critically endangered yellow-naped Amazon parrot. 

With gratitude,

Sarah