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Swift parakeet

Parakeet range, Drayton Manor, 11th March 2018.

Swift parakeet
    • gentle lemur
      Lathamus discolor
    • Swampy
      It really does amaze me that more zoos aren't keeping this attractive, critically endangered, easily acquired, and seemingly simple to house species.
      They're partial nectarivores- how possible would it be to set up a 'lorikeet landing'-style walkthrough with a large flock?
    • gentle lemur
      @Swampy from my very limited observations of this species, they are rather shy and tend to be less active than lorikeets. They are smaller than rainbow lorikeets too, so I don't think they would take to hand feeding. A flock flying in a good size walk-through aviary would look spectacular and the books say that can be kept with finches etc, so that might be nice: but I don't know how well they would breed in that sort of situation.
    • Rating:
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      Terry Thomas
      Think this is a cross bred bird
    • gentle lemur
      @Terry Thomas Interesting! What might its parents be? I haven't seen a swift since I visited Len Hill's old Birdland in 1972, and I didn't pay too much attention to them then as they were next to his Lear's macaws :oops: I really know very little about them.
    • ThylacineAlive
      I did not realize these were kept outside of Australia but I see there are quite a few collections with them. I'd love to see some.

      ~Thylo
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