Parrots and Pet Birds

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (322+ words) The video starts with a sweet question: What did Aiko look like as a baby? Then come the old clips. She’s impossibly small, bright-eyed, and already missing most of her upper beak, with one very tiny nub remaining. You notice…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (322+ words) The video starts with a sweet question: What did Aiko look like as a baby? Then come the old clips. She's impossibly small, bright-eyed, and already missing most of her upper beak, with one very tiny nub remaining. You notice…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (272+ words) In 2022, a quiet corner of Papua New Guinea witnessed a moment that shifted the course of conservation science. On Fergusson Island, researchers and local villagers teamed up in a last, determined search for a bird that had eluded humanity for…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (39+ words) The Laker/Lutz News The celebration, inspired by the city’s area code, featured special activities to encourage natural behaviors among the aquarium’s animals while keeping them active and engaged...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (473+ words) A critically endangered Bali myna in the Vollum Aviary at the Oregon Zoo. Poaching threatens these Indonesian songbirds. Courtesy of Michael Durham / Oregon Zoo There is a new bird in the Rose City. After spending the last few years behind…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (631+ words) Miguel Lezama Ninancuro is well known among Andean birders and takes part regularly in ornithological inventories and expeditions. He said he is working with other ornithologists on a scientific paper about the find, and that the reference specimen, or holotype,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) GK Today The Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon belongs to the family Columbidae, which includes pigeons and doves. The species is known for its ground-dwelling habit and the distinctive red patch on the breast that gives bleeding-heart pigeons their common name. Endemic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (831+ words) “For an extremely rare and secretive species, a single image can carry enormous weight,” CCIPH researchers wrote in a Sept. 3 announcement. “It confirms that the bird continues to survive within the landscape.” Juan Carlos Gonzalez, an ornithologist and curator for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (497+ words) New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō population has climbed above 300 birds for the first time in around 75 years, following a record breeding season fuelled by an abundance of rimu berries. According to a report by the Guardian, ninety chicks were officially…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (33+ words) Bird's-eye rescue: Wild parrot saved from balcony Fox News Bird's-eye rescue: Wild parrot saved from balcony San Francisco firefighters rescued a wild parrot trapped between glass panels on a third-floor balcony under construction....