Parrots International supports and promotes conservation and reintroduction efforts on an ongoing basis. We are involved mainly with New World – Neotropical – parrots, as we are US-based and are able to most effectively utilize our funds and volunteer staff within Latin America and the Caribbean, where the highest percentage of endangered parrot species are located.

Established in 2005, Parrots International has funded research and conservation projects for the Spix’s Macaw, Hyacinth Macaws. Lear’s Macaw, Pfrimer ‘s Conure, and Blue-fronted Amazon in Brazil; The Blue-throated Macaw in Bolivia; The Great Green Macaw in Costa Rica; The Bahama Amazon on Abaco; The Military Macaw in Mexico; The Puerto Rican Amazon Parrot; The Yellow-naped Amazon in Nicaragua;  the Slender-billed Conure in Chile; The Philippine Cockatoo; and the African Grey Parrot in central Africa.

Dr. Stafford, President of Parrots International,  is by appointment of the Brazilian Government,  a member of the Spix’s Macaw Reintroduction Advisory Group; A member of the Committee for the Conservation of the Hyacinth Macaw; and has served the Lear’s Macaw Advisory Group.

Parrots International received the USFWS Puerto Rican Partnership award in the US Capital Building as partners in supporting the conservation of the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot and the successful fundraising for the Breeding Aviary facilities to support the USFWS Puerto Rican Parrot Reintroduction Project.

Dr. Stafford received his double B.A’s in the interdepartmental Environmental Studies Department 2005, and a second degree in Environment Biology, at the University of California, Santa Barbara; doctorate of DDS at UCLA 1980.