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The Guyana Amazon Tropical Birds Society has discovered a breeding pair of Festive Parrots (Amazona festiva) in the capital city of Georgetown, Guyana. Georgetown is well known for its diverse bird life (199 recorded species), but this is the first time that the Festive Parrot has been recorded in the city. Read on…
BirdLife is calling on countries around the world to intensify efforts to stem the illegal trade in wild-caught birds, following recent detection of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in both legally imported and smuggled birds. Read on…
Parrots Magazine run a full colour article about our adventures with Toos and Nape.
The AraProject.nl team went to Cumbria UK to visit another well established free-range parrot population. A wonderful chance for us to exchange views and experiences. See the pictures in our image gallery
In 1987, the founder of Loro Parque Fundacion undertook his first parrot conservation project, aimed at saving the globally threatened Red-necked Parrot Amazona arausiaca and Imperial Parrot A. imperialis, two endemic amazons on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Read on…
The globally threatened parakeets of New Caledonia are celebrated in a set of three postage stamps, issued by Office des Postes et Telecommunications with The New Caledonian Ornithological Society (Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie, SCO). Read on…
The Conservation Department is warning people not mix up their parrots and harm the protected native kaka, when their target is an Australian intruder.
Australian eastern rosellas have been damaging crops in the Bay of Plenty and farmers are taking steps to control them. Read on…
In the wild they fly many miles every day, spend a lot of time socializing, foraging for food, chewing wood and preening themselves
Parrots are as intelligent and sensitive as they are beautiful. But, as more and more end up in pet shops, the threats to them loom large. Read on…
Toos and Nape appeared in the local newspaper. Amazingly they flew right into the city centre! After ending the breeding cycle they were spotted quite often in more urban area’s. At this time the birds are difficult to track during the day. Late summer and early fall there is plenty of wild stuff for them to eat and they only visit the farm irregularly. We rely heavily on the cooperation of the public to inform us on chance encounters of the birds. Have you seen Toos and Nape somewhere? Please Contact us with your information. Thank you!
The chick Toos and Nape were raising disappeared. We are not entirely sure on the cause but the previous day saw exceptional heavy downpours. The weather is the biggest killer of parrot chicks in the wild. But we can not exclude genetic problems for the chick as she was the product of three generation of inbreeding. Getting fresh blood into the population will be the priority for the upcoming breeding seasons. Contact us if you like to help us achieve this goal.
