Posted by Brian Rapoza on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
I also became aware of ABA's updated list of countable exotics yesterday. Details are at https://www.aba.org/aba-area-introduced-species/. ABA now considers an exotic species to be countable in a specific location if a population of that species has been present at that location for at least 15 years. Exotics that satisfy that criteria and are now ABA countable in south Florida include Indian Peafowl, Red Junglefowl (only the Key West population), Nanday Parakeet, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Red-crowned Parrot and Scaly-breasted Munia. Earlier this year, William Chatfield-Taylor submitted papers to Florida Ornithological Society for Florida populations of Mitred and Red-masked Parakeets. It's my understanding that he also plans to write papers for other parrot species currently not considered countable. So stay tuned for more additions to the countable exotics list in south Florida.