Re: Feral foreign parrots

[Ronald Orenstein <>]

At 11:53 PM 9/27/1997 +1000, you wrote:
>That got me thinking that, while I have seen the odd Lovebird or Indian
>Ringneck, usually looking in pretty poor condition, I have never seen a
>breeding, self sustaining population of exotic parrots in Australia.  Does
>anyone have records of breeding populations of foreign parrots in Australia
>that have survived through several generations?
>Mike Owen

Remember that before the passage of the Wild Bird Conservation Act huge
numbers of wild birds were imported every year into the US - far more than
into Australia - so the opportunity for establishing feral populations was
proportionately much greater there.
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