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SPECIAL OFFER – LIMITED STOCK! Birdkeeping the South African Way is South Africa’s first video on birdkeeping. Part 1 includes: Hundreds of valuable tips Visit 3 award-winning parrot, finch, and softbill breeders Dr Tommy Blunden, a leading SA avian vet, talks on bird sexing as well as the export market needs Neville Brickell, a prominent avicultural [...]
SPECIAL OFFER – LIMITED STOCK! Part 3 – Keeping Finches A practical guide to keeping and breeding many of the most beautiful Australian, Asian and other interesting finches. This highly informative video is a valuable asset to both the novice and advanced finch enthusiast. You will see: Hundreds of practical tips State-of-the-art aviary and bird [...]
Article by Pauline James (Published in Avizandum July 2009) The way that you react and respond to your parrot will have an important bearing on how your parrot reacts to you. The rules that apply to training or communicating with a dog or cat – will not be gladly received by a parrot, so, it [...]
IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF AGE There are three ways in which birds can be identified: with an implanted micro chip, with a ring around the leg or by the less permanent way of cutting wing feathers in different ways. One can have valuable birds micro-chipped. In that case you need the digital reader to go [...]
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and now can you use a picture with your Birdshop ad! Upload images for your classified ad using the new convenient submission form. Images will be available to view online. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, images will not be published in the magazine. Click here [...]
C.I.T.E.S. (The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments, of which South Africa is a founder member. The aim is to ensure that the survival of endangered species is no longer threatened by international trade. It is a voluntary agreement that has to [...]
If you want an aviculture subject that is quiet and undemanding then you can’t go pas the Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophem splendida) a member of the Neohem Grass Parrot Genus. A native at Australia the Scarlet-chested Parrot is on of our most widely kept and bred bird species and for good reason. With their peaceful nature [...]
Canaries are not difficult to feed. They will exist perfectly happily on a basic canary mix of seeds and fresh water. Getting the very best from your canaries, being able to breed with them and preparing them for shows will however require more than just the basic diet. However, it never gets difficult! What is [...]
The cage is your beloved parrot’s home. Any living being should have good home so you have to be sure that you can provide your parrot with the best conditions. Also if you choose the parrot cage wisely than you will avoid some parrot care problems that can appear in the future. The parrot cage [...]
Something different in garden and aviary Gordon M Duncan Many South Africans are familiar with the Crowned or Helmeted Guineafowl; either as a roadside bird or a game bird much loved by hunters. What most of us don’t know, however, is that the familiar bird that we all know, is only one of 7 species [...]
October 2001 The Brown-Headed Parrot. A species in rapid decline in the wild and seriously underrated and unappreciated in captivity in South Africa. by Stuart Taylor & William Horsfield An adult Brown-headed Parrot (BHP) is around 22-23 cm in length. The overall colour is green, metallic green on the rump. The green shades into grey [...]
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