The cart is empty
In issue 303 -
Why ‘feeding a wide variety of different foods’ is a recipe for avian malnutrition – The Holistic Parrot by Leslie Moran
In issue 303 -
Timnehs and Red Tails – the Two Kinds of Greys – Complete Psittacine by Eb Cravens
In issue 303 -
Lifetime behaviour changes in one lory – By Rosemary Low
In issue 303 -
Trade law discrepancies unhelpful for conservation – By David Waugh, Correspondent, Loro Parque Fundación
Subscribe To Parrots Magazine - Don't miss a thing

Kakariki population in crisis - in captivity and in the wild

Parrots magazine April 2012

Pauline James interviews top breeder Eric Prior

Kakariki are popular and widespread in captivity, having proved to be peace-loving, sociable and friendly birds. They are also generally prolific, make devoted parents, and are now available in several beautiful colour mutations. But, three major problems stand in the way of breeders being able to maintain good quality breeding stock for the future.

Kakariki in the wild are highly-adaptable birds, when it comes to diet and nesting habits and on the one hand, when they suffered devastating habitat loss, it helped them survive, but in the last century, it has proved to be their downfall. Red-fronted in particular, have an easy attitude to selecting a nesting site, in dense vegetation on the ground, among tree roots, in rock crevices and even in burrows, if nesting hollows in trees aren’t readily available. And it is this, along with the fact that they often feed newly-fledged youngsters, before they are proficient at flying, on the ground, that makes them especially vulnerable.

Read more in the magazine…

Buy a copy now.

Promotions

Newsletter

Newsletter

Invalid Name
Invalid email address
Please identify how you found us
Invalid Input

Subscribe Now!

Subscribe to parrots magazine

subscribe today. The best most widely read magazine for parrot lovers.

Parrot Events

Parrot events

 

What's on in the parrot world, events, conferences and shows and more..

 
 

Our Address

Parrots magazine is published by
Imax Visual Ltd, West Building,
Elm Grove Lane, Steyning BN44 3SA

Telephone +44 (0)1273 464777
© Parrots magazine 2019