Info on Cages, Aviaries, Air Quality, Lighting and Heat Housing Your Bird and Setting Up Your Bird Cage: Keep your Pets Happy and Healthy – Tips for Appropriately Housing and Caring for your Pet Cages / Aviaries (great set up ideas and instructions for building them yourself) Perches Watering Systems Lighting Heaters / Emergency Heat … Read more
The Fischer’s lovebird (Agapornis fischeri, synonym Agapornis personata fischeri) is a species of bird in the parrot family. They are named after German explorer Gustav Fischer. Distribution They are native to a small area of east-central Africa, south and southeast of Lake Victoria on the inland plateaus of northern Tanzania. In drought years, some birds … Read more
The Umbrella Cockatoo or White Cockatoo, Cacatua alba, is endemic to the islands of Central and Northern Moluccas (aka Maluku Islands) in Indonesia. Specifically, they occur naturally on the islands of Bacan, Halmahera, Tidore, Kasiruta, Ternate, Kasiruta and Mandioli. They are also found on the island of Obi and the nearby island of Bisa, but … Read more
The Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the Goliath Cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family. It is the only member in subfamily Microglossinae and the only member of the monotypic genus, Probosciger. Its unique position within the cockatoo family has been confirmed by molecular studies (Brown and Toft, … Read more
African Greys are generally easy to breed as long as they are happy with their breeding set up. They are not shy, bond relatively easily and generally make good parents. Their chicks are easier to raise than say cockatoos, cockatiels or eclectus chicks. In the U.S., there are enough domestically raised birds to easily satisfy … Read more
Macaw Information Photos of the Different Macaw Species for Identification The Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor, is an extinct parrot that formerly occurred on Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud. Its extinction was caused by deforestation, hunting for food and for the pet trade. It was reasonably common around 1800. A pair … Read more
by Greg Glendell(Originally published in Parrots magazine, UK, 2008 – reprinted with permission) Many parrots still have their wings clipped. In this article, Greg Glendell explains why clipping is not necessary and may even cause more problems than it can solve. Wing Clipping Instructions (please read below first to help you decide whether it is … Read more
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The Red-lored Parrot – also known as Primrose-cheeked Amazon Parrot or “loro cariamarillo” (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis) – is endemic to the tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador.
The Spot-winged Parrotlets (Touit stictoptera), also known as Emma’s Parrotlets, are endemic to Northwestern South America; Central Colombia and Ecuador, where they can mostly be found along the western slopes of central and eastern Andes in Cauca and Cundinamarca. They also occur in theMacarena Mountains in Meta, probably also in Nari¤o in Colombia, as well … Read more