Edwards's Fig Parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii)

Nice portrait!

Gorgeous little bird. How big a parrot collection does Prague hold, and how is it kept?

Prague zoo has not many parrot species. They have a "lory-path" with 8 cages containing mostly smaller lory species, one walk-trough lory aviary, and a few other species scattered in the lower part of the zoo. The zoo plans to build new spacious aviaries for large parrots next year on the old "parrot-path". The zoo serves as a rescue centrum for illegal birds too, seized at the airport or among private keepers, those parrots are off-show till related lawsuits are over. Zoo also owns some parrots loaned to other zoos, botanical gardens or private keepers because they had no place or future plans for them (blue-and yellow macaws, white cockatoos, tucuman amazon, Tres Maria amazon, cuban amazon, great green macaw...).

Collection on show:
Festive amazon - in an old cage that will be replaced with an aviary in 2014
Swainson's lorikeet - in an walk-through aviary
Brown lory - on the lory-path
Edwards´ fig parrot - on the lory-path
Vernal hanging parrot - on the lory-path
Johnstone's lorikeet - on the lory-path
Mount Goliath Papuan lory - on the lory-path
Scaly-breasted lorikeet - on the lory-path
Purple-naped lory - on the lory-path
Swift parrot - on the lory-path, will move into the walk-through aviary this summer
Rose-ringed parakeet - mutation birds in a mixed aviary in children zoo
Cockatiel - mutation birds in a mixed aviary in children zoo
Budgerigar - mutation birds in a mixed aviary in children zoo
Superb parrot - in a mixed aviary in children zoo
Green-winged macaw - in a cage with Hyacinth macaws, will go into Amazonie in 2017
Haycinth macaw - in a cage with GW macaws, will get an aviary in 2014
Monk parakeet - in an old cage that is to be demolished, future unsure

Collection off-show
Large fig parrot - last bird, surplus
Palm cockatoo - (seized illegal birds), will get an aviary in 2014
Jamaican yellow-billed amazon - (seized illegal birds), will get an aviary in 2014
Black-billed amazon - (seized illegal birds), will get an aviary in 2014
Lear´s macaw - (seized illegal birds), will get an aviary in 2014
Red-tailed amazon - will go on display in planned Amazonie house in 2017
Grey parrots - tame, for education programs only
Galah - for the planned australian area?
Blue-streaked lory - waits for space
Black lory - waits for space

Lear's Macaws? That's a nice windfall!