Poisoned kakapo fighting fit again
October 25, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A kakapo suffering lead poisoning and on the edge of death has been saved by the Auckland Zoo.
Source: Stuff.co.nz by MICHAEL FIELD
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World’s Rarest Cockatoo Rediscovered in Indonesia
October 22, 2008 — Filed in:
The world’s rarest cockatoo has been found in Indonesia. A research team on behalf of the Indonesian Parrot Project rediscovered the Yellow-crested Abbott’s cockatoo this summer in the Masalembu Archipelago. This archipelago is in the remote Java Sea, north of the cities of Surabaya and Bali, and east of southern Sumatra.
Source: Indonesian Parrot Project
Logging blamed for decline in already rare swift parrot
October 20, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
ONE of Australia’s rarest and fastest birds, the swift parrot, seems to be plummeting in number, and logging has been blamed.
Source: The Age by Andrew Darby
Quest to sniff out kakapo scent spans centuries
October 20, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News
Feathers of the flightless kakapo are being flown around the world as part of a Massey biologist’s quest to understand the role of the critically endangered native parrot’s sense of smell and the power of male feather fragrance on breeding behaviour.
Source: Massey University
Study: Parrots more adaptable than thought
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (UPI)—U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say their research suggests parrots—with more than 90 species facing extinction—might be more adaptable than thought.
Source: United Press International
Endangered parrot wins logging reprieve
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Tasmania has deferred logging an area important for the breeding of the endangered swift parrot.
Source: The Age
Red tape strangles birds
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
PATNA: People are often caught in red tape. On Monday, it was the turn of parrots, many of whom died due to hunger and thirst as policemen took their own time in releasing a seized cage full of them to forest officials.
Source: The Times of India
Pale Polly may want a drink to give her colour
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News
MELBOURNE - A bright red parrot and a pale yellow parrot walk into a bar.
“Why so pale?” asks the red parrot.
“I haven’t had a drink in weeks,” says the yellow parrot.
A team of international scientists has spent the past five years investigating what makes some parrots crimson red, others pale yellow and others a splotchy orange-yellow.
Source: New Zealand Herald
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