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Jamaica is home to two endemic parrots, the Yellow and Black-billed Parrots. They live mainly in undisturbed forest areas, such as the Cockpit Country in Trelawny and John Crow Mountains in Portland. Despite illegal activities to capture and sell them, they survive because of the remoteness of much of their habitat. Read on…
On 29th February 2008, ProFauna Indonesia received a tip-off about six Eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus) being smuggled from Maluku to Sulawesi and advised the forestry department which succeeded in foiling the trafficking attempt. Unfortunately, the government officers did not arrest the perpetrator who claimed that the parrots were gifts, but did seize the birds. Read on…
TOKYO - “Ten”, a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds.
It takes humans about an hour. Read on…
HealthNewsDigest.com By Earth Talk
At least three dozen different parrot species are now considered threatened or endangered in their quickly shrinking native tropical and sub-tropical habitats (mostly in South America). As such, the health of wild flocks in the U.S. and other developed countries around the world may well be key to preserving these birds that could otherwise go extinct. Read on…
Kangaroo Island Islander By Eleanor Sobey and Lynn Pedler
The endangered Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) population on Kangaroo Island was fortunate to escape with relatively minor damage from the December fires. Read on…
A former officer for Western Australia’s Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) has avoided a jail term over his involvement in the illegal transfer of cockatoos to Victoria. Read on…
In a bizarre biological twist, a new study shows that the Hyacinth Macaw depends on its greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, for continued survival. Read on…
SAMBALPUR: About 100 parrots got a taste of freedom on Thursday after forest officials released them from captivity. Read on…
Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs use similar brain structures to sing their tunes. Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center now have an explanation for this puzzling likeness. Read on…
Illigal traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. Read on…
