The indigenous Macushi community of Karasabai, south of Guyana’s Pakaraimas – flat-topped mountains that straddle Venezuela, Brazil and western Guyana – is a developing community-led eco-tourism destination, particularly famous among birders across the globe . It is one of the few places in the world – and the only one in Guyana – to see the endangered sun parakeet or sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) in the wild. The locals call them oldor “flying jewels”. A sociable species, living in flocks of up to 30 birds and forming monogamous pairs for reproduction, they nest in the hollows of palm trees and can live up to 30 years.
