THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE - RECENT ISSUES
The Current Issue: THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol. 117, No. 3, 2011
Visually sexing the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus together with an example of social breeding behaviour by this species
By Paolo Bertagnolio
Lorikeet exhibits in UK zoos
By Rosemary Low
The Chestnut-backed Thrush Zoothera dohertyi
By Gary Bralsford
Captive care of the Friendly Ground Dove Gallicolumba stairi in Samoa
By Rose Collen, Bronwyn McCulloch, David Butler and Glen Holland
Hand-rearing the Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata at Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall
By Rebecca Waite
The Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus, including its breeding at Weltvogelpark, Walsrode
By Simon Brusland and Lech Bretschek
The Maylay or Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupa
By Peter Stocks
The latest list of Special Interest Grous and the Coordinators
The Society’s Special Interest Groups
By Malcolm Ellis
The importance of record keepingin aviculture
By Simon Matthews
News & Views and an Obituary for Stewart Pyper
THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol. 117, No. 2, 2011
Breeding the Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sincica
by Gary Bralsford
Visually sexing the hawk-headed parrot Deroptyrus accipitrinus
by Paolo Bertagnolio
On some UK bird breedings by members of the Avicultural Society in 2009
by Reuben Girling
The Dallas World Aquarium
by Pierre de Chabannes
Notes on Tinamous currently found in aviculture
by Simon Bruslund, Wolfgang Magnus and Geer Scheres
Conserving parrots around the world
by Rene Wust
Book reviews for the following publications:
Poems about parrots, reviewed by Rosemary Low
Rescued from the brink of extinction, reviewed by Rosemary Low
Extremadura, Spain, reviewed by Dr Roger Wilkinson
News & Views
THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol. 117, No. 1, 2011
Saving the Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae
by Sarah R. Pryke
Breeding the White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapilla
by Gary Bralsford
Breeding Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii at Flamingo Gardens and Zoological Park
by Christopher Marler
The care and breeding of the Pekin Robin Leiothrix lutea
by Christopher Dunn
The 2010 breeding season at Waddesdon Manor
by Ian Edmans
Breeding the Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis melanoxanthus at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
by Peter Smallbones
News of parrots at Weltvogelpark Walsrode
by Simon Bruslund and Martin Gaede
The Grey Singing Finch Serinus leucopygius
by John Santegoeds, Huub Vervest and Gaetan Vicentini
Breeding the Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas at Barcelona Zoo
by Miguel Sierra and Rosana Gallego
News and Views
Obituary for Don Merton
THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol. 116, No. 4, 2010
The Rainforest Dragons (Cassowaries)
by Jo Gregson
The Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis
by Neville Brickell
Breeding the Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca
by Gary Bralsford
WJC (Wilfred) Frost: an incomplete biography
by Malcolm Ellis
An interesting and unusual hybrid
by Fred Barnicoat
Plus book reviews, news and views.
THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol. 116, No. 3, 2010
KEEPING AND BREEDING THE TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD Mimus gilvus gracilis
by Gary Bralsford.
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SADDLE-BILLED STORK Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis AND DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE CHICKS (with photo of chicks aged 15 days and 18 days)
by J. J. Elston, K. Unger and R. Dunn.
DIARY OF A WEEK SPENT PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS AT WELTVOGELPARK WALSRODE (with several photographs of rare and unusual birds)
by Pierre de Chabannes.
A NEW PARROTLET FROM COLOMBIA, Forpus flavicollis (with photograph)
by Paolo Bertagnolio and Luigi Racheli.
THE RUFOUS-LEGGED OWL Strix rufipes
by Peter Stock.
BOOK REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL ZOO YEARBOOK Volume 44.
NEWS & VIEWS
Includes: a review of breeding results around UK collections; news from Wuppertal Zoo; another excellent breeding season at Loro Parque; a further six Spix’s Macaws Cyanopsitta spixii and two Lear’s Macaws Anodorhynchus leari raised at AWWP in Qatar; the Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster in more serious decline than previously thought; and efforts to boost the number of Gouldian Finches Erythrura gouldiae in the wild in Australia.