A Proud Moment for PSUK: Dame Judi Dench Appointed Patron
The Parrot Society UK
As part of its commitment to parrots and their welfare, and under the terms of its constitution as a charitable organisation, The Parrot Society UK sets aside a percentage of its funds to support financially several worthwhile conservation projects around the world.
At present several projects are regularly supported – Scarlet macaws in Costa Rica, the ‘tinning’ of trees to protect cockatoo nest sites in Australia, corn supplementation to aid Lear’s macaws in Brazil, Grey-breasted parakeets (conures), the Vinaceous Amazon parrot, and the Reserve Ecologica de Guapiacu (REGUA) also all in Brazil.
The Parrots Final Flight EXTINCTION! ©By R.J. McMillan It is no longer than half a century ago that the Naturalists of the world began to employ the concept of extinction to the twentieth century phenomenon caused by the effect of human activity on the worlds...
NOT ALL BIRDS ARE ENDANGEREDby Ray Ackroyd, Australia How often do we pick up a newspaper or a magazine and read where large numbers of the world's birds are becoming threatened, rare and endangered and that their habitats are continually being depleted?The problem...
Lesser Vasa Parrots / Black Parrots (Coracopsis nigra)By Anton Schreuders, assisted by Tom de Barbanson© Introduction Lesser vasa parrots are lovely parrots, which are hardly ever seen in captivity. At first sight they don't attract people's attention because of...
Great-Green Macaw - Ara ambigua (now Ara ambiguus)(Also known as Buffon's macaw)by Mario Rivera C. © Director, Great Green Macaw Education in Conservation Project Environmental Association VIDA Worldwide The great green macaw, Ara ambigua, the...
PROTECTED BY GUERRILLASBy Frank Bajak, Associated Press, Colombia(As printed in the PSUK. Magazine Vol 34 Feb., 2000) Three yellow-eared parrots Three yellow-eared parrots swoop down into a glade of wax palms, switching from wide arcs to tightly synchronized barrel...
ECHO PARAKEET CONSERVATION PROJECT©Supported by The Parrot Society UK Echo Parakeet CONSERVATION REPORT 1999 - 2000© 1999 - 2000 has been a great breeding season for the world's rarest parakeet! Despite some early season stress caused by the Echoes starting to breed...
Links to web sites with information on threatened parrots Bird Life South Africa Lear's Macaw Conservation The Spix's Macaw The Blue Macaws The Kakapo New Zealand`s Ground Dwelling Bird Spix's Macaw Red-fronted Macaws in Bolivia Links to web sites with information on...
After 20 years, good news about the Amazons of Tamaulipas, Mexico Dr. David Waugh, Director, Loro Parque Fundación (First published in PSUK magazine February 2015) The coastal plain of eastern Tamaulipas State in Mexico supports isolated populations of two...
This article by American Aviculturist Tony Silva appeared on Facebook in January 2019 Depending on the taxonomic list considered, there are between 358 and 402 parrot species. This vast count difference is based on whether some subspecies are elevated to species...
A group of Belize Amazon parrots awaiting release As part of the 12th Parrot Lovers Cruise in November 2019, a group of around 40 parrot enthusiasts gathered on board a large cruise liner, leaving Miami to sail south-west out along the coastline of Cuba, to the...
Rosemary Low sends us this update on May 17th 2021:- "Thanks to all our generous donors, we have surpassed our initial goal of $20,000 and we are thrilled! However, over ¾ of the $20K funds have already been expended, and more support is needed. We have therefore...
This elusive bird has been the subject of previous attention and publication by the Parrot Society UK, but a recent application for funding from Conservation Partners in Australia has resulted in the following award and feedback: The Night Parrot (Pezoporus...
The Parrot Society already has become involved in conservation projects in Africa, via Rowan Martin and the World Parrot Trust, with highly successful co-ordination and rehabilitation of African grey parrots confiscated from smugglers in the Democratic Republic of...
This summary received from Mark Hall: Fuerte’s Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi - also known as Indigo-winged parrot) is an endemic species to Colombia and one of the rarest bird species in the country. It is found exclusively in the temperate...
Vaness Tavares Kanaan gives a personal presentation to our members on this ongoing project! PSUK has continued to fund this worthwhile conservation work, and on a recent trip to Europe, Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, our contact in, and president of, the Instituto Fauna...
The original article below from Tony Pittman was published in 2000, since which time considerable progress has been made in improving the plight of the Lear's Macaw in the Bahia region of Brazil, primarily by the Lymington Foundation, supported by regular donations...
GREY BREASTED CONURE - Pyrrhura Grisiepectus Last Update: June 2018 The Aquasis organisation has successfully established several breeding pairs of these birds in protected areas in this part of north-eastern Brazil. Other species like snakes and bees also...
The Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) in Costa RicaAn Environmental Education Project Scarlet Macaw in flight (PSUK stock image) This project has been part-funded from the PSUK Conservation Fund for several years now, with regular reports received from Dr...
Following the success of the 'tree tinning' project, we announced in September 2018 that ongoing financial support from the Parrot Society's Conservation fund has allowed Ray Ackroyd to produce a batch of artificial nest boxes to increase potential cockatoo nesting...
As with many species of birds and animals throughout the world, loss of habitat and competition from other more adaptive species and the general influence of Man on the fine balance of the natural world, is potentially putting them at risk of extinction. We...
The Laney Rickman reserve Logo, and overview 17 August 2020 - In 2019 the Parrot Society UK sent a further grant from its Conservation Fund to support the reserve and its programme of protecting the Blue-throated Macaws. Bennett Hennessy has just sent us this...
African Grey parrots have been heavily trapped for many years for the pet trade, leading to collapses of wild populations. A recognition of falling populations led to this species (and its close relative the Timneh grey - Psittacus timneh) being upgraded to...
Dr. Antonio Sciabarrasi Antonio has been a veterinarian working with psittacine birds for more than 15 years, and he is head of the Fauna Hospital of La Esmeralda Rescue Center and of the Zoology and Ecology Chairs, both Institutions resident in Argentina. He is a...