City ParrotsUrban Scarlet Macaw & Parrot Conservation

By Sean Coughlan,BBC News education

The number of wild parrots living in England is rising at 30% per year, says an Oxford University research project. Read on…

ANGIE BROWN

East African parrots are breeding in the wild in Scotland for the first time, after setting up home in a coastal town.

Peach-faced lovebirds, which have bright green plumage, have been sighted rearing young in Dunbar, East Lothian. Read on…

Sovon

After the successful Year of the Kingfisher in 2002 and the Great Bittern in 2003 we have now arrived at the year of the outsider in Dutch avifauna; the Ring-necked parakeet. We do not know much about this stranger who broke free and settled in the big cities of the west of the Netherlands. Where do they breed and how many are there? We do not know because we do not yet have the best method for counting them. According to data in the SOVON broedvogelatlas (breeding bird guide) there should be around 220 breeding pairs in the Netherlands. There are indications however that this is less than the actual number. Read on…

Annie Nakao, Chronicle Staff Writer

They swoop down like winged hang gliders, cloaked in velvety green and red, squawking imperiously to announce their arrival in Mark Bittner’s cherry tree. Read on…

Bruce Neville

The Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) is a popular species in the pet trade, where it is often known as the Green-cheeked Parrot. It is native to the eastern coast of Mexico and was one of the first of the amazons to appear in numbers in South Florida. Read on…

James Owen

From Los Angeles to Montreal, London to Madrid, parakeets are moving up the urban pecking order. The wild ancestors of pet store imports, these small parrots are moving into cities throughout North America and Europe. Read on…

Northern Echo

The average tourist will often rub their eyes in disbelief when they spot them. But to the residents of Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria, the dozens of exotic birds who swoop over their heads on a daily basis is a familiar sight.

The 50 or so magnificent parrots and parakeets belong to bird fancier and staunch conservationist John Strutt, who set up the wildlife charity the John Strutt Conservation Foundation eight years ago. Read on…

CNN by Don Knapp

SAN FRANCISCO - The city of San Francisco could end up adopting a flock of several dozen parrots when the birds’ benefactor moves and leaves most of his fine-feathered friends behind. Read on…