Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 14:34 
The Black-billed parrot is endemic to JamaicaTHE Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) are taking steps to request the return of endemic Jamaican parrots being housed at the Schoenbrunn Zoo, Vienna, Austria.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 9:58 
Monk parakeets at Green-Wood Cemetery. Photo: Jeremy SetoIt’s been more than 40 years since the first monk parakeet, a chatty, bright green South American parrot popular with pet owners, was first spotted flitting through Chicago’s Hyde Park. Even in 1968, it was a bit of an oddity. Since then, however, the introduced species has become a popular fixture in the Chicago area, attracting plenty of media attention. Now, a new survey takes a look at just how these urban parakeets are adapting city life.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 5:36 
Juvenile Yellow-billed parrots raised from smuggled eggsVIENNA, Austria — The star attraction at the Vienna Zoo these days are a flock of rare Jamaican parrots smuggled out of the island as eggs by two Slovak nationals who were intercepted at the airport in this Austrian capital.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 4:50 
Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius) image by TheGirlsNYRANGERS have killed 3,500 feral pigs to protect a threatened parrot that lives in a national park in Far North Queensland.
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:48 
Drivers Beware. Cockies on the road!DRIVERS in Wollondilly shire have been urged to keep an eye out for birds as an animal hospital reports an increased number of casualties.
