the santa marta parakeet can be found nowhere else in the world. only about 120 of them live in the reserve. no one knows how many still live in the mountain. >> they are endangered for many reasons. increasing deforestation. use of the land for agriculture, hunting, and illegal trapping. human activity has hit this species especially hard. >> the cloud forest is the breeding habitat for this species of parrot. the conservationists have hung out more than 50 nesting boxes. the rangers checked regularly to see of the artificial nets have been used. santa marta parakeets prefer to nest in 20 meter tall in -- 20 meter tall wax bombs. to their delight the rangers find three parakeet chicks, though the law -- though they belong to another species. >> we hang up the boxes by the santa marta parakeet where it is usually started -- spotted and where they roost. if that doesn't work, we move them elsewhere. >> it is doubtful whether that will save the species. just 15% of the original mountain rain forest remains. livestock farming is on the advance. the co