One threat this species faces is the loss of the vulnerable wax palm.

The yellow-eared parrot uses the wax palm for nesting and roosting.

Some conservation programs are helping the situation to educate churches to use other resources besides the vulnerable wax palm.

There, she looked for the wax palm, cinchona, and herbs that bind to the soil.

It also occurred very locally in northern Ecuador where wax palm grows.

Its main source of food are the fruits of the wax palm.

Collection includes papyrus and red sealing wax palms.

On the lower slopes and in the valleys the Andean wax palms are dominant.

Ancient peoples in South America used wax palm for making candles by scraping away wax on the leaves.

People had never heard of sealing wax palms or old man palms.