April 13th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Considerable taxonomic changes in the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World affected also the genus Vasa. Del Hoyo and his team suggested two new species in this group of parrots. Up to...
April 10th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Surprisingly, when you want to see parrots in the wild you don’t need to go to South America, Africa or Australia because there are 12 invasive parrot species living in Europe. That’s why Spanish authorities banned breeding...
April 9th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska The illegal construction of a roadway in Santa Marta destroys the natural habitat of the Santa Marta Conure (Pyrrhura viridicata). A non-governmental association ProAves informed about this issue within the last week. More than...
April 8th, 2015 | by
Tony Silva Mention India to an aviculturist and he will immediately have flashes of spicy food, a colorful, multi religious culture and the TajMahal. None would consider pointing out that aviculture in India is prospering and in many...
April 7th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Some breeders give garlic to birds for worming. What is your opinion about this? I don’t have any strict opinion about this. I think that garlic is not dangerous fo birds so we can add it to water or food. But apply it for...
April 6th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Wild populations of parrots are not theatened just by illegal trade. In state Malawi, eastern Africa, many Peach-faced Lovebirds die because of poisoned water. Researchers from the University of South Africa KwaZulu-Natal have...
April 3rd, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska The new taxonomy from Joseph del Hoyo brings lots of news for all breeders and parrot lovers. His book HBW and Birdlife Internationall Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World was published in July 2014. Some subspecies...
April 2nd, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska The Prague ZOO is not the only ZOO in continental Europe which whill show Lear’s Macaws in future. German ZOO Wuppertal is going to build a large walk-in aviary for this and many other bird species as well. This was said by the...
April 1st, 2015 | by
Tony Silva The all night flight reached Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon at 3:13 AM. My old guide, Pedro Garcia, was awaiting my exit from the airport. He would rush me to the hotel, where I would shower, rest and be ready to leave for the...
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