The Importance of Taxidermy in Parrot Conservation with Taylor Hains

Conservation is not only an important topic for parrots but for humans to know the current events of what is going on with our feathered friends out in the world. Learn the many ways that keeping taxidermy specimens can evolve our knowledge on conservation, evolution and even classifications. Join Taylor as he broadens your knowledge on just how important this field of work is for wild Parrots.

------------ About the speaker: Taylor Hains is a PhD candidate in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago, and a researcher in the Field Museum’s Birds division. His primary expertise lies in population and conservation genomics, with a focus on critically endangered South American parrot species. Hains has played a key role in producing the first complete genome sequence of the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) and contributed to sequencing efforts across 94 parrot species, including the extinct Carolina Parakeet.

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