Gooday birders
A fellow from the US, that I took birding, says that Princess Parrots are
worth a few hundred dollars a pair in the US, as they are easy to breed, but
that Galahs are worth thousands of dollars per pair because they are
apparently very difficult to breed. Why would anyone risk getting caught
poaching them?
Greg Little
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From:
On Behalf Of Mike Owen
Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 8:51 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Re: Secrecy of locations
Peter Waanders wrote:
> The reason SA's NPW&S gave me for their nervosity is that there are very
few
> 'wild-coloured' SCPs in captivity and hence wild birds are highly sought
> after.
>
SA's NPWS is apparently misled about Scarlet-chests in aviculture.
While there are many colour mutations around, there are still plenty of
wild coloured birds available - still more of them than the mutations.
And at around $30 to $50 a bird for good quality birds they are so cheap
that no one would waste money on the very uncertain possibility of
finding and trapping wild birds.
The same applies to Princess Parrots and there are probably far more of
both in aviculture than in the wild.
And while talking about Princess Parrots, the term Parrakeet is an
American term used for small to medium parrots with a long tails and
mostly from Asia and Australia. Hopefully it will not creep into
Australian usage.
cheers,
Mike
Sunshine Coast
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