Birds & Parrots In The News!

Two "notorious" parrot capturers, Roger Atangana and Ignace Onana were recently arrested and detained pending trial, for illegally trapping African Grey Parrots.[Read more...]

Most people think parrots live only in tropical climates, but the endangered thick-billed parrot prefers higher elevations. The thick-billed parrot is one of only two parrot species whose natural range once included the United States. They have adapted quite nicely to the northern-type conifer forests of central Mexico.[Read more...]

Bird sightings are common at Maryville's Greenbelt Park, geese, ducks and occasionally even an African gray parrot and a red lory parrot. Yes, that's right. On a warm afternoon sightings of the exotic birds have become common.[Read more...]

THE endangered orange-bellied parrot - once used in an attempt to scupper a wind farm in Victoria - is set to play a role in the future of a planned $3.1 billion desalination plant.[Read more...]

A parrot was found to have a remarkable ability to communicate with people. Scientists were baffled by this finding. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour. [Read more...]

You never heard such a ruckus. Screeching, squawking, the occasional curse from someone who's stuck a finger too close to a beak and the whap and whir of a thousand rainbow-hued wings fill the air. Welcome to World Parrot Refuge.[Read more...]

Wellington - The population of New Zealand's kakapo - the world's rarest parrot and critically endangered - has increased by seven after the first chicks for three years hatched on tiny Codfish Island. But that merely brought the number of the nocturnal, flightless birds to 92 and the vulnerable chicks were transferred this week to a specialist unit where they will be hand-reared to ensure their survival until they can be returned to the wild.[Read more...]

MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to see the world’s rarest parrot when Sirocco the kakapo is temporarily transferred to Ulva Island, off Stewart Island, later this year. The first Kakapo Encounter was held in 2006, when more than 1000 tourists paid $80 each for a glimpse of the flightless, nocturnal parrot. The encounters did not take place last year but will be held again from September.[Read more...]

FRANKIE the stolen parrot has been reunited with his owners – after pecking on a neighbour's door. The exotic bird was taken from his cage during a break-in to Sharon and Dave Finlay's home in Earl Haig Gardens, Trinity, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.[Read more...]

HOLLYWOOD It is a packed house in the Palace of Mystery at Hollywood's Magic Castle – the most famous magic nightclub in the world. The crowd is here to watch a "psychic" parrot that does, well, absolutely nothing, to be honest.[Read more...]

The burglar who broke into Sharon and Dave Finlay's home is clearly a real bird-brain. As well as swiping an expensive laptop, mobile phone and digital camera, he made off with the family's beloved pet parrot Frankie.[Read more...]

A FLIXTON resident was pleasantly surprised to see a more exotic type of bird than usual coming to feed in her garden. Carol Ager of Daresbury Avenue had to do a double when she saw a parrot eating bird food that was attached to her washing line.[Read more...]

The world's largest species of flightless parrot is edging back from extinction with five new chicks hatched in New Zealand in recent weeks and two more on the way, wildlife officials said Monday.[Read more...]

THE search for missing parrot Zeke is over. The talking Alexandrian parrot has been found and is now safe and sound at his East Mackay home. The fly-away bird had been missing since Easter Sunday and his owners were fretting. "It's so fantastic to have him back. I'm so excited," Zeke's owner, Collette Memory, said.[Read more...]

His name was Ringo, and he disappeared. Palm Sunday was the day his eyes caught sight of the open door. It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way - but not as far as Ringo had gone. Where he was headed, no one could say. And the girl he left behind was desperate for answers.[Read more...]

When we last left our hero, he and his trusty sidekick Ed were motoring down to the gold-kissed sands of Daytona Beach, Fla. But first, a recap ... Uncle Rod regaled us all with history of "The Parrot Joke," a sublimely absurd and pointlessly violent shaggy-dog saga that goes like this:[Read more...]

A TEENAGER who set three exotic birds free from a cage in a neighbours shed is behind bars after insisting he should be jailed. The 18-year-old who was accused of stealing a parrot called 'Cheeky' last year escaped a prison sentence after the charges against him were struck out.[Read more...]

Ten, a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds. It takes humans about an hour. The female macaw at a botanical garden in suburban Tokyo competes against more than a dozen human visitors every day, but remains undefeated.[Read more...]

At least three dozen different parrot species are now considered threatened or endangered in their quickly shrinking native tropical and sub-tropical habitats (mostly in South America). As such, the health of wild flocks in the U.S. and other developed countries around the world may well be key to preserving these birds that could otherwise go extinct.[Read more...]

A great deal of confusion, and a few ruffled feathers, have been cleared up with a kiss. It seems a multicolored parrot found in Glendale last week wasn't from far up the coast but from just down the road—in Eagle Rock.[Read more...]

From child to teenager to single, young woman and now wife – Herbie, a Senegal parrot, has been with Rebecca Carson every step of the way.[Read more...]

Perhaps you've seen a colorful, talking bird in a pet shop and thought, "I've always wanted a parrot!" Before you take the plunge, here's a note of caution.[Read more...]

When Wendy Geesey's three children left home, it seemed natural to her to fill her empty nest with a bird. Kermit, a green Hahn's Macaw, came to live with Geesey and her husband, Ken, about two months ago.[Read more...]

ILLEGAL traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. RSPCA Inspectors are set to probe claims that common parakeets are being scared out of trees in London parks and sold as 'rare' parrots to unsuspecting buyers.[Read more...]

DEPRESSED dogs, cranky cats and even budgies with the blues are being put on Prozac by vets. Pets are increasingly being prescribed pills to perk them up, treat anxiety and even help them control odd behaviour caused by lustful intentions towards their owners. [Read more...]

Bobo, a prize-winning Congo African Grey parrot from Chicago, is mostly blue these days because her sidekick, Chomper, has gone missing, their owner says.[Read more...]

American Bird Conservancy's partner group Fundación ProAves has established the first private protected area for the critically endangered Fuertes's Parrot. The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, lives only in a small area in the Andes of Colombia that is heavily impacted by deforestation.[Read more...]

LAST week's terrifying tremors left an unlikely victim from the North all shook up . . . a parrot.[Read more...]

Jojac, the 13-year-old blue and gold Macaw who is mascot of the Marina Café, returned home today after an arrest was made in his theft.[Read more...]

A Queens couple says their house is literally for the birds. They’ve opened their home to more than 30 parrots of all colors and sizes. NY1’s Roger Clark filed the following story.[Read more...]

On Monday, a couple in the East Lake area lost a very dear friend during a burglary. Their pet parrot was stolen, and now, they want to take action. They tell us right now they aren't sure what they will do, but they do know, that they are tired of the crime in the East Lake area.[Read more...]

On 6th May 2008, the European Parrot Association is organising in Paris its first symposium on the behaviour of the domesticated parrot.[Read more...]

A one-legged parrot is perching on a scientific breakthrough, for it is about to be fitted with a 'wooden leg'.[Read more...]

Polly wants a cracker, but some slick parrot thieves want Polly so they can feed a global black market in rare exotic birds.[Read more...]

Get your map, mark your calendar and dust off your intrepid adventuring cap. From September 8 - October 22, 2008, you have a date on New Zealand’s Stewart Island with one of Earth’s most unusual and fabulous creatures.[Read more...]

This weekend presents an opportunity for amateur bird watchers and professional ornithologists to take part in an international bird counting project. Similar to the annual Eagle Day census, the Great Backyard Bird Count aims to give scientists a general idea of how many bird species are being seen in the backyards of the United States and Canada.[Read more...]

Cutting edge technology used to film endangered birds in NZ. In a world first, Otago film company ELWIN Productions is using new High Definition technology to document a remarkable story following the struggle to bring the world's rarest wild parrot back from the brink of extinction.[Read more...]

ANIMAL experts are still waiting to solve the mystery surrounding an exotic bird that was discovered this week. A rare green parrot, which is believed to be an orange-winged Amazon, was found sheltering under a bush in the back garden of a house in Knightsbridge Gardens, in the West Park area of Hartlepool.[Read more...]

If you got a wolf-whistle or a pinch on the bottom at work, you'd probably report the perpetrator, who, at the very least, would be fired - or worse. Susan Copple endures such activity daily, and loves it.[Read more...]

For 17 years, he perched on carts, took rides on the shoulders of patrons and made smile many who came to Pet Supplies Plus for dog food or kitty litter. Charley, a blue crown conure, wasn't just another pet store parrot. He was practically an employee, a bird who greeted and lured customers, some of whom came only to see him.[Read more...]

More than three hundred parrots were rescued after Belarus border patrol intercepted a man who tried to smuggle the exotic birds out of the country onboard his bike.[Read more...]

A Pennsylvania Game Commission proposal to ban nanday conure parrots is raising a squawk in Harrisburg. Bird fanciers say it's unfair to single out the green South American birds. "If they can justify banning the nanday," said Chet Fuhrman of Columbia, "then they can justify banning any pet bird species."[Read more...]

Cool-headed customs staff are seldom surprised by what they find at airport control. But they were shocked and horrified when they opened a suitcase and came face to face with - a dead tiger![Read more...]

The beak of a bird is a tool with many features. It's a weapon that can put a dent in any enemy or damage the relationship with a friend. It can be a delicate tool for feeding a newly hatched chick or for the precise adjustment of feathers while grooming. With their beaks, birds can pick a lock, crush a walnut or peel the skin off a grape.[Read more...]

Over 1,200 exotic African Grey Parrots have been seized from traffickers in Cameroon after 2 two shipments were intercepted by the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife in Douala International Airport.[Read more...]

Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday. Joy Tindall could tell so from the birds’ familiar chirps, a far cry from angry shrieks after their most recent eviction from a utility pole transformer platform they covet.[Read more...]

FEDERAL Environment Minister Peter Garrett is under pressure to block a controversial coastal housing development that opponents say will destroy protected wetlands and the habitat of the endangered orange-bellied parrot.[Read more...]

Claudia Shown has her Mo Jo back. Mo Jo, the 6-month-old African grey parrot, is back with his owner after nearly drowning in floodwaters that badly damaged Shown's house on Brandywine Lane.[Read more...]

OUR own Andy Murray was pictured on the front of several newspapers yesterday kissing what looked like a gold stuffed pigeon, celebrating his triumph in the well-known Timbuktu Open. Which brings Alba to the subject of bird-brains.[Read more...]

It sounds like fervent fans getting fired up for a Jimmy Buffet concert: Parrot fever. The scientific name is avian chlamydiosis. When humans catch parrot fever, it's called psittacosis -- unless "parrot fever" refers to the infectious joviality of Jimmy Buffet fans known as "parrotheads."[Read more...]

PetSmart has halted sales of birds at 775 of its stores after cockatiels at 23 of the U.S. retail chain's shops tested positive for parrot fever. A spokesman said the company suspended bird sales in 44 states as a precaution and has quarantined birds that tested positive for the condition known as psittacosis, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Saturday.[Read more...]

The story of a Brandeis University scientist and her famous African grey parrot, Alex, whose untimely death last fall made news around the world, will be told in a book.[Read more...]