:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/yellow-napped-parrot--amazona-auropalliata---costa-rica-540176970-5b5a87e4c9e77c002542755b.jpg?resize=750&w=750 "Polly wants a future: Yellow-naped Amazon in illegal pet trade crisis")
Chicks seized from the nest, birds dying in transit – the Yellow-naped Amazon’s wild population is being driven to the brink of extinction by the illegal pet trade. If we want to give this intelligent and resplendent bird a future, we need to act now – before it’s too late. The global popularity of the […]
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Petition: Smuggled Parrots Found Inside Water Bottles On Ship in Indonesia
More than 70 parrots likely bound for the underground market were discovered recently on a ship docked in Indonesia’s Papua region. 64 black-capped lories, a parrot native to New Guinea and nearby islands, were discovered along with 10 deceased birds on the morning of November 19th. The birds were stuffed inside of plastic water bottles. […]
I Am A Parrot
We are pretty. We are intelligent. We are born to be free. For the wild we are meant. You think we are entertaining. You like when we “talk” We are parrots. Our language is “squawk”. You think we are accessories to be caged. We are as smart as humans and need to feel engaged. When […]
For Brazil’s most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless
It’s a natural phenomenon that you could set your calendar by: every August, the turquoise-fronted parrots (Amazona aestiva) of Brazil’s Cerrado biome start laying their eggs. The chicks hatch soon after, and by November have left the nest. The cycle is so constant that every year, for decades, poachers have been stealing eggs and chicks […]
Brazil Pantanal day #1
After a long and exhausting trip, including lost luggage (still!) and delayed flights we finally arrived last night at Porto Jofre in the Pantanal. We are kindly hosted by Panthera.org in their lovely accommodation. I couldn’t wait for first light, and my first hour of birding in Latin America was indeed mind-blowing. All those new […]
Video: Why Are Wild Parrots Disappearing in Miami?
In Miami, conservationist Daria Feinstein is on a mission to save the beautiful Blue-and-yellow Macaw—before it’s too late. Since the species is not native to Florida, they are not protected by state law and poachers can legally capture the birds and their chicks for the lucrative pet trade. Watching the local population dwindle, Feinstein fights […]
Beak fitness: New Zealand develops roadside gym for endangered keas
Bird experts in New Zealand have designed a special gym for the country’s playful alpine parrot to keep them away from some of the nation’s most dangerous roads. For the last couple of years contractors working on the road to Milford Sound in the South Island have captured footage of keas moving their road cones […]
Land of the birds: why Australia has the world’s greatest diversity of avian life
If you live in Australia, you may not realise how unique and special the birds around you are. Our continent was perhaps the most important for the evolution of modern birds, with a majority of the world’s species tracing their ancestry here. Long ecologically adrift as an island continent, Australia benefited through the evolution of […]