I’m in the Caribbean, and the Audubon mag!

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Jul 18, 2009

I’ve managed to escape from the UK and get over to Bonaire! It’s odd to see the project chugging along but not be part of the fieldwork. Rhian has been extremely busy training and managing the team and then scattering them across the island every morning and every afternoon. The logistics of this...

A South African parrot to be proud of

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Jul 14, 2009

Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of any bird family, whereby over 90 of the 332 recognized parrot species in the world are threatened by global extinction.  Around 73 species are threatened by global extinction because of habitat loss, fragmentation or degradation, while 39 are...

Here, There, and Everywhere

Parrot Blogger: Charlie Moores | Apr 14, 2009

In mid-January, as part of the ‘Parrot Month’ theme on 10,000 Birds, my colleague Corey reviewed ‘Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species’ by Mira Tweti, a book - and a name - that none of the three of us at 10,000...

An interview with Tri Prayudhi, ProFauna Indonesia

Parrot Blogger: Charlie Moores | Apr 06, 2009

The Republic of Indonesia in Southeast Asia comprises a staggering 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited. It is the world’s largest archipelagic state and with a population of 222 million people (according to 2006 figures) it is also the world’s fourth most populous country.

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