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News from Loro Parque, Tenerife - May 2010
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Up to the end of April we have ringed 418 young parrots, and so this is a very good breeding year. Furthermore the young Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) has developed well and now, with 68 days of life, is ready to fledge.
A very special first brood for the Loro Parque Fundación is currently growing up with its parents. In autumn of the last year we received Cape parrots (Poicephalus robustus) from the French zoo of Mulhouse. The pair has started in the spring to lay eggs and all the 6 eggs were fertile, but unfortunately, three of them died. However, three chicks hatched, and are now being reared by their exemplary parents.
A pair of Scaly-headed parrots (Pionus maxi-milianii), newly formed in January, surprised us in April with a clutch of four fertile eggs, from which four chicks hatched and are now growing up with their parents.
We had a very rare breeding success from our Fergusson Island Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus). It is very difficult to find this species of lory kept in captivity, but in 2010 we have already ringed 6 chicks. This is an important breeding success, which contributes to the maintaining of aviary stocks.
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Four young Scaly-headed Parrots (Pionus maximilianii) in the nest-box
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At the moment the Loro Parque Fundación (LPF) is working, in cooperation with the Clinic for birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, on a very interesting research project for semen collection and artificial insemination of parrots. The LPF is financinga a stipend for the veterinarian Daniel Neumann, who is working on this research project in the parrot breeding station every day during the breeding season with the LPF veteraniarian Heiner Müller and the Curator Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt.
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From the 8th to the 15th of May 2010, the 12th Parrots Workshop was held in Loro Parque by the Loro Parque Fundación in conjunction with the magazine Papageien. During one week about 40 participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland had the opportunity to attend numerous presentations by experts and also to get a very special look behind the scenes of Loro Parque and the Loro Parque Fundación. The response of all participants was very positive and they insist that the organizer does a Parrots Workshop again next year, because many of the participants want to come back.
The 7th International Parrot Convention from the 22 to the 25th of Septembre 2010, and the 1st internation Convention on the conservation of Psittacidae, will together constitute again the most important event of the year in the "World of Parrots". The programme, all necessary information and the registration formalities can be obtained from the corresponding Coordinator of your Country or on the website www.loroparque-fundacion.org.
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Group Picture of the Parrots Workshop May 2010
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Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt, Curator,
Loro Parque Tenerife
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