Taxonomy
May 18th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaRead also the previous article about extinct macaw species: Do you know all extinct parrots? MACAWS. PART II a 7)Martinique Macaw (Ara martinica) There are two possible scientific names for this hypothetical extinct macaw species...
Legislation
May 13th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaIt’s been already four years when a pair of Palm Cockatoos comming from the facility of Lubica Necasova was confiscated. Up to now, one bird is dead and we have no information about the second. How efficient is the work of...
Taxonomy
May 11th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaRead also the first part of this article: Do you know all extinct parrots? MACAWS. PART I a 3)Cuban Macaw (Ara cubensis) In 1985, Wetherbee described a new extinct macaw species Ara cubensis. However, very few researchers follow...
Research
May 8th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaHumans are not always the cause of animal decline in the wild. Sometimes species might become threatened because of the competition with other animals. Very good example is the relation between cockatoos and feral bees in...
Conservation projects
May 6th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaIn today’s civilized world it’s really hard to imagine that somebody can still smuggle living parrots in plastic bottles. However, on this Monday 21 critically endangered Yellow-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea) were...
ZOOs and birdparks
May 5th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaAfter many years of intensive work, São Paulo ZOO announced unique success in breeding of the rare Lear’s Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). The first chick hatched on April 13, 2015 and it is the first breeding achieved in...
Taxonomy
May 4th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaRead also the second part of this article: Do you know all extinct parrots? MACAWS. PART II a According to the latest taxonomic studies order Psittaciformes counts 372 species in 86 genera. Some of them are considered as already...
ACTP NEWS
April 30th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaOn the 21st of March ACTP announced that the fourth chick of the Spix’s Macaw hatched in their facility in this year. If we consider that world population of this species counts about 100 individuals then it’s quite obvious...
Breeding
April 28th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaRead also the first part of this article: Breeding of the Red-bellied Macaw by David T. Longo. PART I a They love water for both bathing and consuming; they do not necessarily like the cold but will bathe even on the coolest of...
Breeding
April 23rd, 2015 | by
LubosTomiskaRead also the second part of this article: Breeding of the Red-bellied Macaw by David T. Longo. PART II a My arrival in Suriname September 2003 was on a flight that comes into Paramaribo only three times a week. This voyage was...
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