There are some around in aviculture, and I know of three extremely
experienced breeders in Queensland that have successfully bred them.
They don't come cheap, at around $2500 for a pair, and take a lot of
work to breed so are not the sort of bird the average breeder would
consider.
They also need a specialist licence to keep in Queensland
The gene pool is probably not large, since there are relatively few
around, and since a pretty tight control is kept on them by state
wildlife authorities that gene pool is not about to get bigger. However
I would expect they have a secure future in aviculture.
And they are kept in flight aviaries and not cages - I doubt that any in
Australia are kept as pets.
cheers,
Mike Owen
Queensland
Reg Clark wrote:
Hello all
I am told that the Swift Parrot is sometimes kept as a cage bird by
aviculturists.In this case , is its future assured as a cagebred bird?
Reg Clark
--------------------------------------------
Birding-Aus is on the Web at
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
--------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message:
'unsubscribe birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line)
to
|
