In Victoria they are also a licensed bird and the recommended cost of them
for the whole of Australia as published last September by the Avicultural
Society of Australia is $2000 per pair.
Cheers,
Fiona Anderson
From: Mike Owen <>
Reply-To: Mike Owen <>
To: Reg Clark <>,
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Swift Parrot
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:14:30 +1000
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
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