Abstract
The following U.S. First Breeding Nominations have been submitted co the AVY AWARDS COMMITIEE in 1982. We are asking your assistance for confirmacions on these nominations. Any information, whether verbal or in any
printed literature, on previously recorded breedings on any of the species nominated are welcome. Please submit to Dale Thompson, AVY AWARDS CHAIRMAN, P.O. Box 1568, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
U.S. FIRST BREEDING NOMINATIONS - 1982
1. Lear's Macaw, Anodorhynchus lean· - June 28, 1982
2. Buffon's Macaw,
Ara a. ambigua - June 19, 1982
3. Grand Cayman Amazon,
Amazona leucocepbaia caymanensis - 1974
4. Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Amazona barbadensis barbadensis -June 9. 1982
) . Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Amazona barbadensis rothschildi -June 16, 1982
6. Parvipes Yellow-naped Amazon, Amazona ochrocephala parvipes - May 8, 1982
7. White-capped Pionus,
Pionus semlis - March 19, 1981
8. Painted Conure, Pyrrhura picta picta - August 10, 1982
9. Hoffman's Conure,
Pyrrhura hoffmanni guadens - March 29, 1982
10. Red-throated Conure ,
Aratinga ho/och/ora rubritorquis - July 30, 1982
11. Andean Paragonian Conure, Cyano/iseus patagonus andinus - July 22, 1982
12. Pacific Parrotlet,
Forpus coelestis coelestis - May 25, 1982
13. Yellow-faced Parrotler,
Forpus xantbops - March 17, 1982
14. Green-rumped Parrotlet,
Forpus p. passerinos - Feb. 8, 1982
15. Spectacled Parrodet,
Forpus conspiciliatus meta - Fourth week in Sept. 1981
16. Ducorp's Cockatoo,
Cacatua ducorps - March 2, 1982
17. Black belly Fire Finch, Lagonosticta rara - July 4, 1981
18. Blue-billed Fire Finch, Lagonosticta rubricata - Sept. 23, 1980
19. Dybowski Twinspor,
Eucbistospiza dybowskii or Clytospiza dybowskii (Taxinomical references) - Dec. 15, 1980
20. Yellow-winged Pytilia, Pytilia hypogrammica - June 5, 1980 •