Cage & Aviary Birds

FOLLOWING ON FROM the success of its Zanzibar turaco pin badge (see News, April 14 2021), the International Turaco Society (ITS) has commissioned a new badge depicting Prince Ruspoli’s turaco (Tauraco ruspolii). Until the 1940s, this mysterious bird

DO YOU KNOW a young bird watching enthusiast? The search has begun for the Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder 2022. Run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the Spurn Bird Observatory Trust, the annual Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder 2022 aw

IN RESPONSE TO the recent outbreaks of avian influenza H5N1 in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, researchers have investigated which bird species are most susceptible to catching and spreading the disease. Most forms of avian flu are hosted by

A NEW STUDY has revealed that the Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus) buries its eggs to prevent them from falling out of the nest in strong winds. Dutch and Chinese biologists studying the penduline tits were aware that polygamous Eurasian pen

A NEW LONG-TERM initiative will help bird, animal and plant life in London’s Royal Parks thrive. Launched earlier this year, Help Nature Thrive will be delivered over the next five years and will include 100 habitat creation and restoration projects

IT HARDLY comes as a surprise to learn (if you did not know) that the robin is our national bird, voted for in what is claimed to be the largest “nature vote” ever. It received 34 per cent of the vote, with the barn owl and blackbird placed second an

‘FROM THE BIRDROOM’ THE onset of June has found my birdroom stock cages almost full, with the Fifes proving to be on top form this season. Even so, the hard work is far from complete, with some hens still rearing the later nests. I always consider th

GOOD news – I have had a really good first round, with 25 Lizards, of which nine are blues. And at the time of writing this, the second round is going OK, too. If it goes as well as the first, that will be my season done. I have heard of a few other

ONE of the behaviours that we associate most closely with birds is the power of flight. When Archaeopteryx took to the skies during the Jurassic Era 153 million years ago, it paved the way for the evolution of one of the most successful groups of ani

THE black curassow (Crax alector), also known as the smooth-billed or crested curassow, inhabits humid forests in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to the far north of Brazil. This a large bird, some 90cm (35in) long. The male ha