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PsittaScene Magazine
Explore the remarkable world of parrots in PsittaScene.
Become a WPT member and get quarterly updates on the work being done to save parrots. Each issue includes...
Stunning images of parrots in the wild
Exciting field updates about wild parrots and their worlds
Interviews with biologists, veterinarians and avian care specialists
Important parrot news from around the globe
Inspirational personal stories, and much more...
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 | Summer 2025 | World Parrot Day 2025 And the Parrot of the Year crown goes to… Parrot Conservation: … | |
 | Spring 2025 | Partner Spotlight: Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue Centre Update from the Field: Close encounter with nesting Orange-fronted … | |
 | Winter 2024 | Bringing Blue-throated Macaws Back Home Voices of the Mangrove: Battle for the Yellow-Naped Amazon on … | |
 | Autumn 2024 | Conservation Partner Spotlight: Cincinnati Zoo Municipal Nature Reserve: Acantilado de los Loros Timneh Parrots: Research … | |
 | Summer 2024 | Special Update: Celebrating 20 years of World Parrot Day Update from the Field: Forbes’ Parakeets … | |
 | Spring 2024 | Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary: Tackling the trade in Timnehs Parrots and Palms: Issues afflicting Grey Parrots in … | |
 | Winter 2023 | Project Profile: Belize Bird Rescue Yellow-headed Amazons: Staying one step ahead Lovebirds: What we know … | |
 | Autumn 2023 | Project Profile: Natural Encounters Conservation Fund Blue-throated Macaws: Steady Progress to Secure their Recovery Feathers … | |
 | Summer 2023 | Project Profile: Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust The Kurāmo’o of Aitutaki Endangered Lear’s Macaws Find … | |
 | Spring 2023 | Project Profile: Kea Conservation Trust Project Update: Saving the Timneh Parrot Conservation Grants Program Awardees: … | |
 | Winter 2022 | Message from the Operations Director: Steve Milpacher Kākā Conservation: Update from the field Exploring the … | |
 | Autumn 2022 | Message from The Editor’s Desk: Desi Milpacher Protecting Macaws from the Threat of Forest Fires: … | |
 | Summer 2022 | Message from the Chairperson: Alison Hales Getting to Know Them: Research and the fight to … | |
 | Spring 2022 | A Message from Steve Milpacher, Operations Director More Good News for Grey Parrots! Update from … | |
 | Winter 2021 | A Message From the Editor: Desi Milpacher Finding Calm Amid the Chaos: Belize Bird Rescue … | |
 | Autumn 2021 | A Message From the Operations Director: Steve Milpacher Blue-throated Macaw: The hope of two chicks … | |
 | Summer 2021 | Message from the Executive Director: Jamie Gilardi Grey Parrots Fly Free: Patience pays off in … | |
 | Spring 2021 | Message from the Chairperson: Alison Hales Love is in the Air! Lovebirds: WPT research will … | |
 | Winter 2020 | Gone for Good? Maybe not – Mitchell’s Lorikeets found on Bali Moths and Machine Guns: … | |
 | Autumn 2020 | To Save Wild Great Greens: Ara Manzanillo The New Zealand Parrot Trust: Supporting conservation of … | |
 | Summer 2020 | On the Ground: Hurricane Maria and the Amazons at Río Abajo – Two Biologists’ Stories … | |
 | Spring 2020 | Kiwa Centre Welcomes Greys…after a series of unfortunate events Update from the Field- Freedom: Confiscated … | |
 | Winter 2019 | The Timnehs of Sierra Leone WPT-supported research The Malherbe’s Parakeet New Zealand’s winged gem WPT … | |
 | Autumn 2019 | To Stop the Wild Parrot Trade: A Decade of WPT’s FlyFree Program Celebrating 30 Years: … | |
 | Summer 2019 | 14 years on from the EU Trade Ban: Millions of birds flying free Confiscation is … | |
 | Spring 2019 | Involving Local People in Conservation; Working with the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw in Bolivia Diversity … | |
 | Winter 2018 | Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release: Saving Peru’s Native Parrots from Trade Pet Pages: Teaching Parrots to … | |
 | Autumn 2018 | Second Chances in the Caatinga Wild Parrots of…Germany? Book Review: A Parrot’s Fine Cuisine Cookbook … | |
 | Summer 2018 | Message from the Editor: Desi Milpacher Yellow-crested Cockatoo: A hopeful trend in a significant population … | |
 | Spring 2018 | Message from WPT Chairperson: Alison Hales Africa Round-up: Accomplishments and future plans to protect some … | |
 | Winter 2017 | From the desk of: Matthew Kirchhoff, WPT Communications Director Rimatara Lorikeet: Population Re-established on Atiu … | |
 | Autumn 2017 | A Message From: Steve Milpacher, WPT Operations Director Grey Parrots in the Wild: A dream … | |
 | Summer 2017 | A Message from the Editor: Desi Milpacher Hope for Fighting Bolivian Trade: Wild Parrots Conservation … | |
 | Spring 2017 | A Message From: Steve Milpacher, WPT Operations Director Lear’s Macaw Research & Recovery, A Pictorial … | |
 | Winter 2016 | Letters to the Editor From the Executive Director: Jamie Gilardi Good news for Blue-throats: Bolivian … | |
 | Autumn 2016 | From the Executive Director: Jamie Gilardi Notes from an Expedition: Adventures studying the Yellow-naped Amazon … | |
 | Summer 2016 | From the Editor, Desi Milpacher A Volunteer’s Report: News from The Ara Project Parrot vs … | |
 | Spring 2016 | From the Editor, Desi Milpacher Unsung Heroes Saving Species: Durán Family Boogie and the Bottle … | |
 | Winter 2015 | From the Desk of Alison Hales, WPT Chairperson Sacred Valley of the Macaws: Interview with … | |
 | Autumn 2015 | From the Director: Steve Milpacher Phillip Island: Future haven for Tasman Parakeets Back to Brazil, … | |
 | Summer 2015 | From the Editor: Desi Milpacher Quest for the Drumming Cockatoos Pet Pages: The Parrot that … | |
 | Spring 2015 | From the Director: Steve Milpacher Orange-bellied Parrot: Searching for Answers “Parroting” in the Wild: Vocal … | |
 | Winter 2014 | From the Executive Director: Jamie Gilardi Escape to Paradise: Book Excerpt from Mike Reynolds Celebrating … | |
 | Autumn 2014 | From the Editor: Desi Milpacher Cockatoos in Crisis: Western Australia’s Black Cockatoos The Adventures of … | |
 | Summer 2014 | From the desk of Jamie Gilardi What’s in a Name? Taxonomy and parrot conservation – … | |
 | Spring 2014 | From the desk of Steve Milpacher Island Hopping: Search for the Red-and-blue Lory Where the … | |
 | Winter 2013 | From the Chairman: Alison Hales The Parrots of Africa: What we know, what we don’t … | |
 | Autumn 2013 | From the Editor: Joanna Eckles Feather Findings: Burrowing Parrot genetics Foraging Fundamentals: Blue-throated Macaw update … | |
 | Summer 2013 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi Release for Restoration: Revisiting the role of captive parrots A … | |
 | Spring 2013 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi Stretching our Wings: Yellow-shouldered Amazon release Welcome Cristiana Senni, WPT … | |
 | Winter 2012 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi Disease Sampling: Lear’s Macaw A Grande Sight: Scarlet Macaws – … | |
 | Autumn 2012 | From the Chairman: Alison Hales Free to Be – Vinaceous Amazon releases Trees of Life: … | |
 | Summer 2012 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi 10 Years: Blue-throated Macaw conservation Few and Far Between: Yellow-crested … | |
 | Spring 2012 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi True Colours: Eclectus Parrot colour mysteries Aiding African Greys: Congo … | |
 | Winter 2011 | From the Director Welcome back Grey Parrots: African Greys released Palm Cockatoo News: Vocal and … | |
 | Autumn 2011 | From the Director Perfect 10: Great Green Macaw Parrots of India: Photo contest Box by … | |
 | Summer 2011 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi Raise…Release…Repeat: Puerto Rican Amazon Black Market Blue-throats: Blue-throated Macaw Hatched … | |
 | Spring 2011 | From the Director: Jamie Gilardi Respect the Parrot: HUGO BOSS helping parrots Thank You to … | |
 | Winter 2010 | From the desk of Steve Milpacher An Inside Job: Reproductive Biology of the Lear’s Macaw … | |
 | Autumn 2010 | From the Chairman Back from the Brink The 500 Mark: A Landmark Season DVD and … | |
 | Summer 2010 | From the Editor Mother of Invention Back to Nature: Insights from Carlos Yamashita Insights from … | |
 | Spring 2010 | From the desk of Steve Milpacher Last Refuge of the Mayan Parrot Thank-you from FlyFree … | |
 | Winter 2009 | From the Director Sun Conures Rising Millions of Gifts for the Gods Born to be … | |
 | Autumn 2009 | From the Chairman Genetics and Conservation: Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazon Territory WPT 20th Anniversary Pictures 20 … | |
 | Summer 2009 | From the Chairman Amazon Voices: Yellow-naped Amazon Only Unico: Blue-throated Macaw All in the Family … | |
 | Spring 2009 | From the Director The Golden Birds of the Lost World Sun rise in Brazil Natural … | |
 | Winter 2008 | From the Director Rays of Hope – Thick-billed Parrot An Island Endemic – Kuhl’s Lorikeet … | |
 | Autumn 2008 | From the Director One fateful day…Western Ground Parrot To wean or not to wean In … | |
 | Summer 2008 | From the Director Beginner’s Luck – New Project Reports on the Blue-throated Macaw Season New … | |
 | Spring 2008 | From the Chairman A 2nd Chance for Confiscated Greys On Life in Africa – The … | |
 | Winter 2007 | From the Director Echos Come Back Mike Reynolds and the Echo Parakeet Enriching lives: one … | |
 | Autumn 2007 | From the Chairman Mexico’s Maroon-fronted Parrot Conservation through Education WPT Action Grants 2007 Step Up: … | |
 | Summer 2007 | From the Director End of an Era Life and Legacy Mike Reynolds Tributes Our New … | |
 | Spring 2007 | From the Chairman News worth celebrating The long and winding road to victory Timeline – … | |
 | Winter 2006 | From the Chairman Amazon country Turn the other cheek British vets back ban Think outside … | |
 | Autumn 2006 | From the Director… Five more months! Busy on Bonaire Book Review – Parrots of the … | |
 | Summer 2006 | From the Director Feral parrots in Monterrey, Mexico Baby blues Ménage à trois in captive … | |
 | Spring 2006 | Fly free continued Trading parrots revisited Blue-throated Macaw breeding highlights Advancing the knowledge of New … | |
 | Winter 2005 | Fly Free Indeed Current impacts of avian flu on the pet trade What to do … | |
 | Autumn 2005 | Off to Europe? Mountain Macaws What to do about the flu Rescuing the parrots of … | |
 | Summer 2005 | Gold Rush Golden Conure notes from the 2005 field season Please stay tuned for Red-fronted … | |
 | Spring 2005 | Bolivia’s “Bluebeards” Field Actions to Conserve the Wild Blue-throated Macaw Our Blue Crew – Ready … | |
 | Winter 2004 | Bahama Parrots PollyVision DVD review from ‘Parrots’ The Tucuman Amazon Trapping and smuggling of Salmon-crested … | |
 | Autumn 2004 | The crown jewel of Puerto Rico Thanks Rosemary! Carolina medal awarded Teaching your bird to … | |
 | Summer 2004 | World Parrot Day summary WPD events around the UK PollyVision DVD Trade ban News from … | |
 | Spring 2004 | Bonaire’s ‘Lora’ Parrots at Play calendar Western Ground Parrot Breeding Great-billed Parrots in South Africa … | |
 | Winter 2003 | Thick-billed parrots in Mexico Barcelona bird market WPT Expedition success WPT Expedition 2004 The breeding … | |
 | Autumn 2003 | Release of confiscated Amazon parrots in Mexico Helping local people value their natural treasures Great-billed … | |
 | Summer 2003 | Director’s Letter In the Gorges with the Echoes Indonesia ends exports of wild-caught birds Rose-ringed … | |
 | Spring 2003 | Presley Spix Macaw goes home Yellow-shouldered Amazon Successful Lear’s season Behaviour Moluccans Red-fronted Macaw poster … | |
 | Winter 2002 | Truly stunning displays Gold-capped Conure Great Green Macaw To fly or not to fly? One … | |
 | Autumn 2002 | WPT Scientific Committee Yellow-faced Amazon Imperial Amazon (Sisserou) Captive Birds Conservation WPT Highlights 1989-2002 Behaviour: … | |
 | Summer 2002 | African Grey Parrot Trade Palm Sunday Success Conservation Beyond the Cage Palm Cockatoo Conservation The … | |
 | Spring 2002 | Blue-throated Macaws Adelaide Zoo Ecotourism Biting Wild and Captive parrots Red-throated Lorikeet Kakapo Cape Parrot … | |
 | Winter 2001 | Philippine Cockatoo Imperial Amazon Blue-throated Macaw Pet Animals Act Feather Pickers Echo Parakeet Sales Items … | |
 | Autumn 2001 | Land of Lear’s WPT 12 (Revised) Nest Poaching for Trade EU Trade Ban Proposal Height … | |
 | Summer 2001 | Palm Cockatoo Echo Parakeet Golden Conure Fund Buffon’s Macaw Fund Grey Parrots Palm Cockatoo Fund … | |
 | Spring 2001 | Thick-billed Parrot Tributes for M Reynolds Great Green Macaw Observing Brazilian Macaws Living with Lear’s … | |
 | Winter 2000 | WPT appoints new Director Parrot Welfare & Rescue Jewels of Nature WPT Visits Fiji Psitta … | |
 | Autumn 2000 | Great-green Macaw Kaka Population Re-established Zuni Indian Tribe The Golden Conure in Danger Golden Conure … | |
 | Summer 2000 | Here at last! Parrot Action Plan 2000-2004 Foreword (extract) Executive Summary (extract) Introduction & Species … | |
 | Spring 2000 | Sisserou to the Rescue Thick-billed Parrot News for WPT Members Manifesto Yellow-eared Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet … | |
 | Winter 1999 | Pesquet’s or Vulturine Parrot — A species in need of study The Golden Conure Survival … | |
 | Autumn 1999 | World Parrot Day at the Rainforest Café Monty Python in Zambia? Listening to Echos Final … | |
 | Summer 1999 | Kakapo Update Sense of Wonder Cockatoo Poisoning Venezuela plan for Parrots Yellow-eared Parrot: Critical Discovery … | |
 | Spring 1999 | Announcing World Parrot Month New Neotropical Projects Wild Echos Recent Research on Amazon Parrots WPT … | |
 | Winter 1998 | Lear’s Macaw Inspirational Speakers in Tenerife The Conservation of African Parrots The ‘Pet Bird Report’ … | |
 | Autumn 1998 | New Global Campaign for the Parrots Cape Parrots Palm Cockatoos Crestfallen European Trade in Wild-caught … | |
 | Summer 1998 | The Welfare of Pet Parrots Kakapo Report African Parrots Review Parrots of Buton News… Views… … | |
 | Spring 1998 | Helping the Survival of the Kakapo A Visit to Paradise Action Sampiri Enough is Enough … | |
 | Winter 1997 | Carolina Medal Awarded to Echo Parakeet Team Captive reared Echo Parakeets released to wild More … | |
 | Autumn 1997 | Visiting the Hyacinth Macaw Conservation Site Letter from Cornwall The Status of Macaws – wild … | |
 | Summer 1997 | Lear’s Macaw – Next in Line for Extinction Golden-shouldered Parrot Hoki – Kakapo’s Story Working … | |
 | Spring 1997 | Speaking out for Aviculture – Manifesto Responsible Aviculture 2 Kakapo Update – report to mid … | |
 | Winter 1996 | Africa in Focus – Cape Parrot and Habitat Ecology and Status of the Cape Parrot, … | |
 | Autumn 1996 | WPT Spans the Globe Efforts in Conservation – The Puerto Rican Parrot Habitat Immersion – … | |
 | Summer 1996 | WPT Plans UK Parrot Sanctuary – adoptions Macaw Behaviour in the Alto-Madidi National Park Carnaby’s … | |
 | Spring 1996 | Surprise! WPT not universally popular IAS Convention in Orlando WPT Invited to Help with Kakapo … | |
 | Winter 1995 | Lear’s Macaw – A Second Population Confirmed Endangered Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Any Excuse to Visit … | |
 | Autumn 1995 | WPT Hosts Parrot Summit – New Action Plan Initiative Agreed PAP New Appointment for David … | |
 | Summer 1995 | The Bigger They Are the Harder They Fall… Scaring Macaws to Survive Macaws at Sothebys … | |
 | Spring 1995 | Buffon’s Macaw in Ecuador – urgency for conservation action The Endangered Buffon’s Macaw Progress with … | |
 | Winter 1994 | Parrot Portfolio – Report on first five years of WPT Two Points of View – … | |
 | Autumn 1994 | Parrots – The World’s Most Charismatic Birds Illegal Trade – Will it Wipe out the … | |
 | Summer 1994 | WPT News from Down Under – Red-tailed Black Cockatoo WPT Gallery of Endangered Parrots – … | |
 | Spring 1994 | WPT USA is launched – successful start at IAS Convention First Observations in the Wild … | |
 | Winter 1993 | Planting Palms for the Endangered Lear’s Macaw Profile of Eduardo Nycander von Massebach – Blue-throated… … | |
 | Autumn 1993 | Trust Vet Assists Survival of Echo Parakeet Status and Conservation of Parrots in Tonga Parrot … | |
 | Summer 1993 | Trust secures release of captive Goffin’s Cockatoos on Tanimbar The WPT Benelux Parrot Symposium Conserving … | |
 | Spring 1993 | The Blue Macaw Conference Conservation of the Lear’s Macaw – management Recent Observations of the … | |
 | Winter 1992 | Progress in Parrot Conservation Infectious Disease Risks to Parrot Aviculture and Reintroduction Conservation of the … | |
 | Autumn 1992 | Emergency in Indonesia – Release of 535 Goffin’s Cockatoos Ground Parrot Research in Barren Grounds … | |
 | Summer 1992 | Sisserou Express Arrives in Dominica, St. Vincent Status and Management of the Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot … | |
 | Spring 1992 | Crunch time for Psittacine Aviculture Military Macaws fly home to Guatemala Red-fronted Macaw Improved Outlook … | |
 | Winter 1991 | First Australian Project for WPT – Red-tailed Black Cockatoo The saga of the St. Vincent … | |
 | Autumn 1991 | Breeding ecology of Hyacinth Macaws The Co-operative Breeding Programme for Scarlet Macaws If I could … | |
 | Summer 1991 | Suddenly, Parrots are News Reintroduction of Military Macaws in Guatemala Indonesian Cockatoos in Aviculture Orange-bellied … | |
 | Spring 1991 | A New Era in Parrot Aviculture Recent Work on Echo Parakeet Appendix I profile – … | |
 | Winter 1990 | Tenerife delegates vote for end of wild bird trade New species Amazon parrot International Parrot … | |
 | Autumn 1990 | Captive Breeding St. Vincent Parrot Situation Hyacinth Macaw in EU Tambo Yarapo Macaw Project WPT … | |
 | Summer 1990 | 2nd Intl Parrot Convention ’90 Echo Parakeet Project Hyacinth Macaw Book review Australian Cockatoos Intl … | |
 | Spring 1990 | The Desperate Plight of the World Parrots Editor’s Footnote Trust Takes Flight Macaw Breeder Extraordinaire … | |
 | Winter 1989 | Introducing the World Parrot Trust Devastation of the Rain Forest Why Parrots need our Trust … |
