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Wing-clipping

ABOUT Position Statement: Wing-clipping Parrots are of course birds, and most birds fly. And flight for parrots isn’t a minor detail, it’s a fundamental aspect of their lives. Flight determines where they live, what they feed on, who they socialise with and...

January 25, 2024

IUCN Red List changes: a mixed picture for parrots

IUCN Red List changes: a mixed picture for parrots

IUCN Red List changes: a mixed picture for parrots The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has published the 2025 Red List assessment of the world’s birds, with three parrot species being uplisted (moved to a more threatened category),...

October 24, 2025

Africa

South Africa’s Cape Parrots recognised as a separate species

The taxonomy of one of South Africa’s most iconic birds, the ‘Green and Gold’ Cape Parrot, appears finally to be settled, with various national, regional, and international bodies reaching consensus that they should be considered a distinct species. The Cape...

June 16, 2017

Progress for Parrots at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Fighting Wildlife Trade Saving Endangered Species Worldwide

Progress for Parrots at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Progress for Parrots at the IUCN World Conservation Congress IUCN members at the World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi have voted to adopt a motion calling for the creation of urgently needed global guidelines to help countries manage the commercial...

October 15, 2025

Women in Conservation: Protecting Parrots, Protecting the Planet

Worldwide

Women in Conservation: Protecting Parrots, Protecting the Planet

International Women’s Day 2025 Celebrations On Saturday, 8th March 2025, the World Parrot Trust celebrated International Women’s Day by shining a light on some of the remarkable women working to protect parrots and their habitats. Across the globe, conservationists, researchers,...

March 14, 2025

African Lovebird Research Breakthrough to Further Conservation Efforts

Africa African Lovebird

African Lovebird Research Breakthrough to Further Conservation Efforts

A new roadmap to boost lovebird conservation Exciting news from the African Lovebird research front: the scientific conservation review paper (Dueker et al. 2023) has now been published by the leading South African journal Ostrich, which is a major step forward in...

June 7, 2023

Major Parakeet Rescue in Odisha: 122 Alexandrine Parakeets Saved from Illegal Trade

Fighting Wildlife Trade

Major Parakeet Rescue in Odisha: 122 Alexandrine Parakeets Saved from Illegal Trade

In a powerful effort to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, forest officers in Odisha, India, together with Earth Crusaders, have successfully rescued 122 Alexandrine Parakeet chicks in two separate confiscations from the illegal pet trade.

January 31, 2024

Africa Timneh Parrot Program

A Future For Wild Timnehs

Timneh Parrots have long been subject to high levels of trapping for the pet trade, which has led to dramatic declines in populations. They are restricted to western areas of the moist Upper Guinea forests and bordering savannas, from the...

July 30, 2014

Confiscated Grey Parrots Thriving in the Wild Three Years On

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Confiscated Grey Parrots Thriving in the Wild Three Years On

Over three years ago, 17 Grey Parrots were released on Ngamba Island, in Lake Victoria, Uganda. These parrots were the sole survivors of an original group of 108 wild Greys that were likely trapped in the Democratic Republic of the...

August 8, 2016

Focus on Angola: new efforts to tackle parrot trafficking in the Congo basin

Africa

Focus on Angola: new efforts to tackle parrot trafficking in the Congo basin

The Mayombe forest sits at the south-western margin of the Congo Basin’s tropical rainforests. Stretching from coastal Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), through the Cabinda Province of Angola, along the western zone of the Republic of Congo and up...

December 24, 2018

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