Monitoramento do comportamento e uso do recinto de Papagaio-Verdadeiro (Amazona aestiva) no Zoológico Estadual de Dois Irmãos

Abstract

The Turquoise-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) is one of the most purchased animals for the company of man, although not endangered, is one of the most smuggled animals. This entails various apprehensions from environmental agencies and as a result they are destined for captivity in different locations such as zoos, shrines and sorting centers, as most cannot return to nature. For this reason, it is important to promote welfare for these animals, as this way, there is better quality of life for the animals and consequently, more health. With this in mind, the monitoring was carried out at the Dois Irmãos State Park (PEDI), with five adult parrots (3 females and 2 males) weighing 400g, healthy, adult, belonging to PEDI, from donations and seizures. The animals were housed in a 28.2m² and 2.80m high enclosure. The monitoring period was 23 days, being the first seven days for adaptation of the animals to the evaluators and sampling, and the other days for experimental data collection. Sampling was performed by the ad libitum method at alternate times totaling 28 hours of registration. The behaviors raised in the sampling were used to elaborate the etogram, categorized as: animal interaction to the enclosure, social interaction, maintenance and displacement behaviors. The discontinuous recording method of the animals was the instantaneous scanning method, used for 16 days, totaling 128 hours of registration and 1568 events. To analyze the environment, it was taken into account the space that the animals occupied in the enclosure, being the enclosure divided into four quadrants of imaginary lines. Statistical analysis was performed by calculating the percentage of mean time spent by animals in each quadrant and behaviors, using the Excel program, the parrots remained in active state at 42% of frequency and used the QC2 quadrant at 44% of frequency. The environmental enrichments indicated were physical, cognitive and dietary in the morning and in the quadrants QA2, QB1, QB2, QD1 and QD2.