Conservation and Research

Of elephants and parrots: The uncanny relationship between African elephants and Meyer’s Parrots

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Jun 02, 2008

Though almost entirely circumstantial and coincidental, there are some striking commonalities between African elephants and Meyer's Parrots...

Two striking qualities of the Okavango Delta are that this massive system of islands, floodplains, and meandering channels, is home to the largest...

Do black parrots have a refined palate?

Parrot Blogger: Ellen Walford | May 30, 2008

The nice thing about black parrots is that they have taste. Not in the fashion sense - they are a distant cry from the catwalks of the neo-tropical birds, and their table etiquette needs work, but as far as food goes these psittacines have it down to a fine art. To get an inkling of perhaps why...

Cape Parrot in trouble

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | May 22, 2008

I recently visited the home of the Cape Parrot and it got me thinking…

My work on the Meyer's Parrot in the Okavango Delta has made the Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus and Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus a specific point of interest in my work, resulting in a keen...

Manu’s First Attempt at Fledging

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | May 20, 2008

The newly-fledged Blue-throated Macaw, Goliath, is improving his flight skills bit by bit.  Now his little brother Manu thinks he’s ready to take the leap…

December 23rd 2007

On the evening of the 21st I located Goliath with his parents, perched amid the leaves of a small tree at the east edge of...