Monday, November 30, 2009 at 12:19 
A study skin of the rare Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. This particular specimen was collected by F.G. Waterhouse in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia. While the exact date is unknown, it was thought to have been collected around 1880.Researchers studying the breeding habits of a rare bird have zeroed in on North West Queensland.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 12:14
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City Parrots
Environmentalists warn gold mine would further endanger threatened species like the great green macaw. Image by Matt WyczalkowskiConstitutional Court to rule on open pit gold mine along the Nicaraguan border.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:46 
Monk parakeets at a feeder in ChicagoSome Hyde Parkers love their bright green plumage. Others find their squawking a nuisance. Many remain simply enchanted by the serendipity of their existence in this chilly northern climate.
One way or another, every Hyde Park resident seems to have an opinion about the neighborhood’s population of feral monk parakeets, the birds that escaped domesticity and first took up residence in large communal nests built on electricity poles and tree limbs in the 1960s. Now, more than 40 years later, they’re finding new homes all over the Chicago area.
A team of scientists from three Chicago universities estimate there are now at least 500 nests around the city, and have found locations as many as 20 miles away from Hyde Park.
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 13:27 
Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha)SCIENTISTS at a Scottish university are to analyse parrots, ravens and pigeons in a bid to discover how human language evolved, it was revealed yesterday.
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:47 
Scarlet Macaw bred and raised in the Wild (in The Netherlands)Inhabitants of Paquimé, a large settlement that flourished from 1200 to 1450 in what is now northern Chihuahua, raised scarlet macaws more than 500 kilometers north of the animals’ tropical homes, say anthropology graduate student Andrew Somerville of the University of California, San Diego and his colleagues. Ancient macaw breeders harvested the birds’ vibrant red, blue and yellow feathers for use in ceremonial garb and to trade with Native American societies in the southwestern United States, Somerville’s team proposes in an upcoming Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
