Cape Parrots falling out the skies in King William's Town

Over the last two weeks five dying Cape Parrots have been handed in to the SPCA King William's Town or directly to staff of the Cape Parrot Project.

SPCA workers say that they suspect that double the number of Cape Parrots are not being reported.

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35 Cape parrots counted in Limpopo

The Cape Parrot, Poicephalus robustus robustus, is endemic to South Africa. It only occurs in the afromontane yellowwood forests found in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern cape and Limpopo. These trees are utilised by the cape parrot for food and nesting sites, but due to habitat destruction, these forests are becoming more and more fragmented, leaving the parrot with less and less place to live.

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