November 4th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Results of a detailed survey of illegal bird trade in three biggest markets in Jakarta were brought by non-governmental association Traffic. In Indonesia we can find the highest number of endangered bird species in whole Asia....
October 26th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Lightning started several bushfires in Cape Arid National Park on the south coast of Western Australia during the weekend. The majority of the estimated 140 Western Ground Parrots still existing in the wild are found in this...
October 21st, 2015 | by
Abigail de Swardt Spring has sprung and the Cape Parrot Project is preparing for planting and growing season. Over the last few months the teams have been busy clearing alien invasive plants on the edge of the Auckland Forest Reserve (Hogsback)...
October 14th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska The first release of Scarlet Macaws in Guatemala was realized by non-governmental organization ARCAS in the Sierra del Lacandon National Park, Peten. Similarly, conservationists have released also the same species in Mexico,...
October 12th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska Conservationists try to find out how many of Western Ground Parrots are still found at Fitzgerald River National. Unfortunately, expectation is not great because there has been no report of this species since 2010. Western Ground...
September 29th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska VIDEO IN – Kakapo is the only flightless parrot living on four offshore islands (Codfish, Chalky, Anchor and Maud) near to South Island, New Zealand. Because of loss of ability to fly it became threatened and now this...
September 22nd, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska After more than 12 months Senegal police arrested a very important international bird trafficker, Aziz Sall, who was responsible for smuggling of several hundreds of thousands of African Grey Parrots. The association EAGLE...
September 4th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska The Night parrot was considered as extinct species by many biologists and researchers. A living specimen had not been captured since the 1890s. In 2013, the Australian ornithologist John Young found and also took photos of this...
June 13th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska In recent days several media reports informed about the outbreak of Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease in the wild population of the Orange-bellied Parrot. What are the facts? According to the latest information comming from...
May 6th, 2015 | by
LubosTomiska In 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...