Animals-and-Pets
Parrots magazine
PEOPLE HELPING PARROTS
No. 12 Joseph Forshaw – Celebrating his 80th birthday
6 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
News from Loro Parque
Health Checks at Loro Parque
2 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
Hispaniolan blue-print
With the numbers of Hispaniolan Parrots and Parakeets dwindling, Loro Parque Fundación’s Correspondent, David Waugh, writes about how conservation groups are constructing a blue-print for their survival
4 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
Complete Psittacine
Psittacine Breeding Tips Volume V
5 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
Celebrating 25 years!
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Loro Parque Foundation has announced a record allocation of almost US$2 million to its projects for the coming year, making a total of US$21.2 million dedicated to nature protection since its creation in 1994.
2 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
Adventures of Spike
Sally Blanchard’s Caique called Spike LeBec is well known in parrot circles and has been a real globetrotter joining in at many conventions and seminars. In her article, Sally recalls some of the adventures she had enjoyed with this bundle of fun.
8 min |
February 2020
Parrots magazine
Parrots As Companion Pets
Elaine Henley is an experienced clinical animal behaviourist and here she provides valuable information about the issues with parrots that we experience as pet caregivers by understanding the behaviour of their relatives in the wild
6 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
Wild Birds And The Environment
In this article, Sally Blanchard tells about her enthusiasm for ornithology and how understanding wild birds is important.
7 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
The Feral Ringnecks
The Ring-neck Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) has become a common site in the UK, mainly in suburban areas where they have successfully colonised. Their colourful flight and raucous sounds have become commonplace in some of the country’s open spaces and even residential gardens.
1 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
Helping The Swift Parrot
David Waugh of Loro Parque Fundación explains how compelling research and hi-tech nest-boxes are helping the wild Swift parrot
5 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
Control Of Species And Results
Once most of our species have finished their reproduction stage, we now move forward to preparing our birds for the coming breeding season.
2 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
Breeding Performance Of The Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus Leari)
I first visited the natural habitat of the Lear’s Macaw near the town of Canudos in Bahia in March 1998 and was able to observe them in the sandstone cliffs in which they nest and breed.
2 min |
December 2019
Parrots magazine
Conservation, Management And Breeding Of The Yellow-Shouldered Amazon
In this Part One (conservation) of the Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Rafael Zamora Padrón, Scientific director of Loro Parque Fundación sheds some light on the plight of this vulnerable parrot
2 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
Profit And Abuse Continues
There have been some excellent conservation projects spanning many years, which I have been involved in with parrots. Especially the World Parrot Trust (WPT), and other organizations have made a tremendous difference to the conservation and preservation of parrots in the wild. There are also many people dedicated to the conservation and welfare of parrots. But there is also a darker and seedier side that must be addressed if we are going to truly conserve and preserve parrots in captivity and, ultimately, in their natural wild state.
6 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
Prague Zoo One Of The World's Best
Ask someone what is the best thing about the Czech Republic and it is quite likely they would mention the word ‘beer’! However, I have never sampled the beer, but I do know that the Czech Republic has some of the very best zoos in Europe and that their parrot breeders are numerous and very knowledgeable.
8 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
The Tragedy Of Fires In The Amazon
Throughout August and early September 2019, the eyes of the world were focused on Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, which was burning out of control.
3 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
My Elmo
It was my 31st Birthday. back in the seventies, when my family clubbed together and bought me a Yellow-fronted Amazon. a parrot I had always wanted from childhood. I remember very well my visits to London Zoo as a child back in the fifties and in particular, the 'Parrot House', which in those days was very different to what we see today.
2 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
Bush Budgies
Tariq Abou-Zahr BVSc CertAVP(ZooMed) MRCVS is both a vet and dedicated aviculturist, and in this article he tells us of his fascination for ‘bush budgies’ and how he is keen to see more aviculturists breeding this ‘natural’ type of budgerigar
6 min |
November 2019
Parrots magazine
Complete Psittacine Promoting Our Neighbourhood Bird Store
Big Island Hawaii has lost another long-time local pet shop that catered for parrots and other birds. It seems that so many pet owners are now buying their supplies at the big box and chain stores, and that neighbourhood bird shops can hardly make enough to pay rising building rental costs.
7 min |
August 2017
Parrots magazine
20 Top Tips For Budgie Breeders
Over a period of twenty-five years, as a writer and author, I interviewed many budgerigar owners who were breeding and exhibiting these delightful birds. Everyone I talked to revealed useful tips that they had discovered in the course of their bird-keeping activities. Here are just a few:
3 min |
August 2017
Parrots magazine
On Turning One
As soon as some early morning light shines into my room, I hear “Bonjour!” (“Good morning” in French) perfectly pronounced with a voice identical to mine. I answer and stand up. Broca cannot contain his excitement to start another day, “Yippee! Hello, how are you? Are you all right?” I open his cage and he steps on my shoulder. We are on our way to the fridge so he can choose his morning fruit. After eating, he steps out from my shoulder right on time before pooping. If I take my eyes away from him to prepare my breakfast, he says, “Coucou Broca” to remind me of his presence, as if I could ever forget my little sunshine.
3 min |
August 2017
Parrots magazine
Loro Parque supports Katala
An ‘El Niño’ event causes food shortage and security concerns, and puts an important area off-limits to one of the Philippine Cockatoo project’s co-directors. But in the same area, 220 Cockatoos have been counted and Cockatoos released to the wild at another site, continue to survive.
6 min |
August 2017
Parrots magazine
Mike Reynold's Legacy
If during your lifetime you can succeed in one significant and lasting achievement, you are a person of substance. If you can achieve two, you are truly remarkable. Mike Reynolds was remarkable. On 14 April it was 10 years since he died and this made me reflect on what he had achieved.
3 min |
July 2017
Parrots magazine
What Makes - a Parrot - a Parrot?
Megan Matthews sheds some light.
7 min |
July 2017
Parrots magazine
Review of Behavioural Basics
In this article, Sally Blanchard covers the first 4 of 10 common behavioural symptoms.
7 min |
July 2017
Parrots magazine
It's Not Always A Bird's Life
Here Tamara Labelle, from Exotic Direct Insurance, reveals the three most common illnesses that they see.
3 min |
July 2017
Parrots magazine
Cyanide And Parrots
This is the third in a three part series about the cyanogenic properties of the members of the Amygdaloieae subfamily of the Rosacea Family. In the first part, I explored the cyanide generating properties of apples and crabapples, members of the Malus genus. In the second, I explored those properties for almonds, peaches, and other stone fruits that are members of the Prunus genus. In this final instalment, I explore the cyanogenicity of some of the fruits in this subfamily that are less frequently mentioned in the literature that you may feed your parrot. These include fruits such as pears, quinces, hawthorn berries and other fruits. These are not discussed much in the avian literature; however, for the most part, there is little reason you should avoid feeding them to your parrot.
6 min |
July 2017
Parrots magazine
News From Loro Parque
Blue-bellied Parrots start breeding season.
2 min |
June 2017
Parrots magazine
Complete Psittacine Avicultural Apathy-The Signs And Effects Of Burn-out
I began keeping parrots in earnest in about 1985. Before that, I had several long term pet birds, but did not really build aviaries and establish a full-on fl ock. I was working at Feathered Friends of Santa Fe from 1987 onwards and spending four months a year planting and building the small farm on the Big Island Hawaii. That is where I planned and began to construct my large planted enclosures.
5 min |
June 2017
Parrots magazine
Breeding The Amazing Parrots
Amazon Parrots are all New World species occurring in Central and South America, Mexico, and many Caribbean Islands. Prior to October 1993, when commercial importation of wild-caught birds into the United States came to a halt, many thousands of hand-fed baby Amazons were imported annually. With this huge influx of imported baby birds to satisfy the pet market, there was very little incentive for USA aviculturists to work with the more common species in an earnest effort to breed them.
9 min |