Experts maintain that if parakeets do not come to certain green areas in Greater San Salvador it's because these sites are no longer suitable for wildlife. The parakeet is part of the citacidous family, present in tropical countries. Parrots, guaras and cotorras belong to this family, characterized by their strong hooked bill, long wings and pincer-like feet. They place their nests in trees, burrows and sloping hills. Their period of reproduction is in June and July.
Parakeets fly to coffee plantations to feed. and sleep in leafy trees.
Their favorite trees are the parpetos. They had been used as a sleeping site by some of the parakeets that, according to biologist Maritza Erazo, have migrated to El Espino farm. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock's Forest and Fauna Service issued the permits allowing them to be cut. Olano added that the trees were fifteen years old, meaning that their use-life had expired. Damage to the infrastructure of the homes was not the only reason for cutting down the trees.