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New Zealand conservationists are flying in help from overseas in an effort to save the endangered Kakapo.
The birds have become increasingly infertile but it is hoped a foreign expert can inject new life into the breeding programme.
Endangered Birds Specialist Dr Juan Blanco has flown half way across the world to help solve the fertility problems of its only flightless parrot. Read on…
Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye.
For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow of plumage colors, but their biochemical identity has remained elusive. Now, an Arizona State University researcher has uncovered the chemistry behind the colors of parrots, describing on a molecular level what is responsible for their bright red feathers. Read on…
Some time back, I wrote about the demise of the passenger pigeon. At one time, they exceeded 5 billion. At the turn of the century, they were totally eradicated and have been extinct for more than 80 years. Read on…
Organisers of a vintage car rally have hired karate experts to protect vehicles from parrots, a media report said yesterday. Around 40 members of a local karate club have been enlisted to protect the 140 classic cars expected to visit an alpine village near Mount Cook on New Zealand’s South Island on Sunday. Read on…
Two University of Canterbury biologists are part of a team whose evolutionary informed approach to conservation is aiding the recovery of New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot, the kakapo. Read on…
Mali trade flitting away as ban looms
For these caged Senegalese parrots, chirping away their morning in captivity, a European ban to combat an Asian virus may mean freedom or starvation. Read on…
Birds of a feather may flock together, but they certainly don’t teach each other the compulsive habit known as feather picking.
While observing Orange-winged Amazon parrots, Purdue researchers discovered that abnormal repetitive behaviors are instead influenced by a combination of stress and genetics. Read on…
The Western Australian Government has released a plan to prevent the illegal shooting of the threatened white-tailed black cockatoo. Read on…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The bird doing loop-the-loops in the cage and pulling out its feathers is not just playing and preening. Stress may cause these activities and also may provide insight into similar human behaviors, according to researchers.
A study of abnormal repetitive behaviors practiced by Orange-winged Amazon parrots indicates that environment plays a role in two types of behavior that the caged birds perform. One of the behaviors, feather picking, closely mirrors compulsive behaviors in humans, according to Purdue University and University of California at Davis researchers. The study also helped debunk a time-worn belief that parrots teach each other feather picking. Read on…
MIRA TWETI For The News Tribune
When it comes to the money, breeding parrots is easy.
Macaws, African Greys and Umbrella cockatoos retail at PetSmart, for example, for $1,300 to $1,500. Rose-breasted cockatoos sell for as high as $2,500. Read on…
