Wednesday
Jun132012
Princesses flock towards Alice Springs
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 0:04 
Perched Princess parrot. Image: Peter Struik
Entries by City Parrots (1314)
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 0:04 Tuesday
Jun122012
Protecting Mexico’s Feathered Treasures
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 10:11 
Authorities found more than 25 white-fronted parrots squeezed into this cardboard box during a seizure in Chiapas State, Mexico. The vast majority of trafficked parrots die in transit from suffocation, dehydration, stress, and other causes. (Credit: PROFEPA)A trade ban offers hope for a country's native parrotsThe international pet trade is likely second only to habitat reduction as the biggest threat facing parrots in the wild. With 22 native parrot species, Mexico is at the forefront of the battle to save its iconic birds from becoming commodities of the pet trade. Early signs suggest it is winning the war.
tagged Amazona xantholora - Yellow-lored Amazon, Ara macao - Scarlet Macaw, Ara militaris - Military Macaw, Aratinga canicularis - Orange-fronted Parakeet, Aratinga holochlora - Green Parakeet, Aratinga nana - Olive-throated Parakeet, Aratinga strenua - Pacific Parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola - Barred Parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis - Orange-chinned Parakeet, Forpus cyanopygius - Mexican Parrotlet, Pionus senilis - White-crowned Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha - Thick-billed Parrot | in Smuggling, Wild bird trade
Amazona xantholora - Yellow-lored Amazon, Ara macao - Scarlet Macaw, Ara militaris - Military Macaw, Aratinga canicularis - Orange-fronted Parakeet, Aratinga holochlora - Green Parakeet, Aratinga nana - Olive-throated Parakeet, Aratinga strenua - Pacific Parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola - Barred Parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis - Orange-chinned Parakeet, Forpus cyanopygius - Mexican Parrotlet, Pionus senilis - White-crowned Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha - Thick-billed Parrot | in Smuggling, Wild bird trade Monday
Jun112012
Cocky poisoning suspected
Monday, June 11, 2012 at 23:51 
Vet nurse Louise Hopper with a Carnaby’s black cockatoo. Picture: Marcelo Palacios www.communitypix.com.au Buy this photoENVIRONMENTALISTS are worried organophosphate poisoning could have wiped out an entire flock of Carnaby’s black cockatoos.
Wednesday
Jun062012
Breeding baby Red-tailed Black-cockatoos
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 23:31 
1468 South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos have have been recorded in the annual count. Image by Bob McPhersonThe distinctive sound of juveniles squawking coupled with a shift in gender ratio, and it looks like the South-eastern Red-tail Black-Cockatoo is breeding again.
Wednesday
Jun062012
Abaco Parrot Population Increasing
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 23:01 
The Abaco Parrot Population is Increasing. The Bahamas National Trust in conjunction with Dr. Frank Riviera and Caroline Stahala recently conducted an intensive survey of the Bahama Parrot on Abaco.
Population surveys were conducted in 2002 resulted in estimates of the Abaco parrot population of about 2,500 parrots with similar values in the following years. This year Dr. Frank Rivera and Caroline Stahala, who took part in the initial surveys ,helped by BNT wardens and volunteers, conducted a 10 year follow up survey to determine the change in the Abaco parrot population since management began. The results indicate that the Abaco parrot population has increased since the BNT’s management efforts were implemented with a new estimate of just over 4,000 parrots on Abaco.