Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 11:45 
African grey parrots at the Mpondwe Customs border post in Kasese. Photo by Edgar R. Batte Uganda Wildlife Authority on Thursday afternoon released 204 highly endangered African grey parrots. The parrots were confiscated at the Mpondwe Customs border post in Kasese and at a private farm at Kawuku along the Kampala-Entebbe highway.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 11:54 
The stunning plumage of an orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is illuminated during a brief glimpse of sun. With fewer than 50 individuals remaining, this is Australia's rarest parrot. Photo Credit: Inger VandykLess than 50 orange-bellied parrots are estimated to remain in Australia, and a survey conducted throughout the country last weekend uncovered three sightings of the birds on an island in Swan Bay, off Queenscliff.
The survey, conducted mostly by volunteers, has so far found six of the parrots in total, with three spotted in Werribee, according to the Orange-bellied Parrot National Recovery Team.
Department of Sustainability and Environment biodiversity officer Rachel Pritchard said the team was heartened to have found such a significant proportion of the population in Victoria.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 9:31 
Image by: barloventomagico: Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)Parrots, which have long amused us for their ability to imitate our vocal patterns, actually learn to caw their "names" from their parents, says a new Cornell study. The research offers the first evidence that parrots learn their unique signature calls from their parents and shows that vocal signaling in wild parrots is a socially acquired rather than a genetically wired trait.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 5:04 
Critically endangered: Orange-bellied Parrot, otherwise known as Neophema chrysogaster. John HarrisonTHREE of one of Australia's rarest birds have been spotted on the Bellarine Peninsula during a national survey.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 6:00 
Superb parrot, could be killed off by wind farms. Image by Shirmax
They are the treasured town emblem which locals fear could be obliterated by the turbines of a wind farm.
