Provide artificial nesting sites for trogons

Overall effectiveness category Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)
Number of studies: 1
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Effectiveness

19%
Certainty

11%
Harms

0%

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Key messages

A small study from Guatemala found that at least one resplendent quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno nested in nest boxes provided.

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A small study in a tropical cloud forest in southwest Guatemala (LaBastille 1974) found that, in 1973, at least one, and possibly more, resplendent quetzals Pharomachrus mocinno nested in eight nest boxes installed between 1968 and 1973. A total of 16 nest boxes were installed.
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Referenced paper
LaBastille A. (1974) Use of artificial nest-boxes by quetzals in Guatemala. Biological Conservation, 6, 64-65.

Please cite as:

Williams, D.R., Child, M.F., Dicks, L.V., Ockendon, N., Pople, R.G., Showler, D.A., Walsh, J.C., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2020) Bird Conservation. Pages 137-281 in: W.J. Sutherland, L.V. Dicks, S.O. Petrovan & R.K. Smith (eds) What Works in Conservation 2020. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK.

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This Action forms part of the Action Synopsis:

Bird Conservation

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