At 08:53 25/03/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Well, it seems that many people have more than 6 species in their backyards!
>
>However I was asking whether there is anywhere else in the world (Africa,
>S.America?) where it's possible to get 5-10 species of native parrots in
>one's suburban backyard.
>
>
Africa doesn't have a great diversity of parrots (it makes up for it in
many other ways!) and I'll stick my neck out and say that there is no where,
backyard or forest, that has more than 5 species.
Africa in total has 18 species, Australian 50+, Brazil 70 (Birds of Africa
vol III).
The highest diversity seems to be around Cameroon & Gabon, with:
Grey parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Red-headed Lovebird
Black-collared Lovebird
or Burundi:
Grey Parrot
Brown-necked parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Red-headed Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Cheers
Peter
Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
"hamba phezulu" (= "go higher" in isiZulu)
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