Breeding

Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART II
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Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART II

December 11th, 2015 | by Jim van Reyk
Read also the first part of this article: Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART I a Pair No. 4 are fairly recent arrivals (Apr 2011) and arrived via a breeder in Alice Springs. By the look of feathering when they arrived, as...
A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART II
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A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART II

December 10th, 2015 | by Chris Touchton
Read also the first part of this article: A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART I a I have saved some and have lost some to aspiration over the years (I day one over 200 chicks a year so the odds are that...
Q & A: “At what age is a pair of parrots ready to breed?”
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Q & A: “At what age is a pair of parrots ready to breed?”

December 9th, 2015 | by Tony Silva
The onset of sexual maturity varies with species and also with the social upbringing of the bird, if they were hand reared parrots and how it was paired. Generally speaking, parrots that are reared with their own kind and are...
What’s the current situation of Carnaby’s Cockatoo in Western Australia?
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What’s the current situation of Carnaby’s Cockatoo in Western Australia?

December 8th, 2015 | by LubosTomiska
According to the latest research, the wild population of Carnaby’s Cockatoo is reduced at a rate of 15% a year. A manager of Australian program Cockies in crisis (established by Birdlife) Tegan Douglas described the current...
21 confiscated cockatoos are coming back to the wild
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21 confiscated cockatoos are coming back to the wild

December 7th, 2015 | by LubosTomiska
A shipment of parrots which have been confiscated in Jakarta arrived safely to Papua Province. Local governor, Lucas Enembe received the birds from Ministry of Environment and Forestry and would like to release them back to their...
Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART I
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Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART I

December 4th, 2015 | by Jim van Reyk
Read also the first part of this article: Breeding of the Northern Rosella. PART II a Platycercus venustus venustus, the Northern Rosella is certainly among the more rare of the Rosellas (and natives in general), that are kept in...
A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART I
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A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART I

December 3rd, 2015 | by Chris Touchton
Read also the second part of this article: A Guide to Incubation and Hand raising Lories. PART II a I have been day oneing Lories (and occasionally other parrot species) since 1990. I incubator hatch about 98% of my babies at...
235 parrots and 300 passerines confiscated in Mexico
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235 parrots and 300 passerines confiscated in Mexico

December 2nd, 2015 | by LubosTomiska
The Federal Agency for Environmental Protection (Profepa) confiscated 535 wild birds in a house of Mexican city Iztapalapa. All specimens were going to be traded across the whole country. The agency indicates that they got a...
Bushfires in Australia have pushed the Western Ground Parrot even closer to the brink
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Bushfires in Australia have pushed the Western Ground Parrot even closer to the brink

December 1st, 2015 | by LubosTomiska
Has the Western Ground Parrot become Australia’s rarest bird after bushfires destroyed 90% of its known occupied habitat? A field team from the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife together with a group of...

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