Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 14:04 
A swift parrot photographed on Bruny Island. (Wikimedia Commons File/JJ Harrison/HO)Animal rights group PETA has offered a $1,000 reward to help catch the intruders who decapitated birds and released other animals, some of them rare, at a zoo in Australia.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 13:47 
Monk parakeets are illegal in TennesseeA Columbia woman has lost the fight to keep her exotic parrot in Tennessee.
Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 23:41 
3 weeks ago four (or five) OBPs have been at western Port Phillip; one seen in southeast South Australia and another in western Victoria.This weekend non where spotted. Image by by Debbie LustigEarly results from a search for the critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot in south-east South Australia have not been promising.
Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 11:36 
An endangered Puerto Rican parrot. Photo Credit: Pablo Torres, USFWSThe Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) is the last remaining native psittacine in United States territory, and the rarest and most endangered of the 34 species of Amazon parrots. First declared an endangered species in 1967, an intensive and ongoing recovery program for the parrot was initiated in the Luquillo Mountains, also known as the El Yunque National Forest, in 1968. Early recovery efforts focused on acquiring basic natural history data, as well as improving what was quickly discovered to be a very low nesting success rate. Then in 1973, a captive-rearing component was added to the recovery program in an effort to increase overall productivity, provide a safe haven for sick or injured wild parrot nestlings, and provide parrots for release back into wild. This aviary for raising parrots was established at an abandoned military outpost within the El Yunque National Forest.
Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 11:11 
COREY MOSEN PROMISING: Researchers believe they have found a new way to deter keas from attacking sheep. Image striezelchen The centuries old grudge match between South Island sheep farmers and bloodthirsty mountain parrots could soon be over.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Conflict, Conservation, Research 
