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News from Loro Parque, Tenerife - June 2010
Once in a lifetime, to see all at the same time living Spix's Macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii), Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) and completing the "Blue Macaw Trio", Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthus), is the dream of many parrot lovers. During the 7th Internation Parrot Congress of Loro Parque and the Loro Parque Fundación in September 2010 in Puerto de la Cruz, this dream can come real for each participant. In addition to the Hyacinth Macaws in the public part of the park, we have also recently put Lear's Macaws on exhibition. Congress participants who have booked the visit to the "non-public" breeding station of the Loro Parque Fundación in La Vera will have the opportunity to see in a separate part of the centre, our new Spix's Macaw chick and its 6 year old sister. This is a unique opportunity that should not be missed, but also just one of the many reasons to participate in the 7th International Parrot Convention.
The program, with very well known international speakers, offers something for everyone, because all the presentations are translated simultaneously in German, English, Spanish and French, so that all participants can understand everything very well. 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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Red-vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia).
(Photo: Matthias
Reinschmidt)
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Brood of young Tirika Parakeets (Brotogeris tirica)
(Photo: Matthias
Reinschmidt).
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At the very beginning of June, our two breeding pairs of Lear's Macaw's have begun to lay eggs, so this year we will again have young birds, especially since the first egg has already emerged as fertilized. Until mid June, we have been able to ring 680 young parrots, a sign that the breeding year continues very well. Particularly pleasing are two young Philippine Cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia), which are currently being reared lovingly by hand in the Baby Station of Loro Parque.
Also our Brotogeris parakeets are making us very happy this year, because we have continued with the breeding success of last year of the Gustav's Parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera gustavi). This parrot subspecies was bred for the first time in Europe in 2009 by the Loro Parque Fundación. This successful breeding pair of last year has again produced five young birds. Moreover, our second breeding pair was successful, so that now we can form young pairs from different bloodlines. This is a very important step to establish a self-sustaining breeding population of this "new" parrot subspecies in Europe, until now, uniquely in Loro Parque. We are also very happy about our five young Tirika parakeets
(Brotogeris tirica). The breeding pair arrived only a few months ago from Germany, and it is obvious from the breeding success that they are very well acclimatized raising their chicks without any problem.
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Young Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) hatched in 2010 in the
Loro Parque Fundación at 80 days of age (Photo: Ulrich Brodde).
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Film-team of ARD during the filming in the Cockatoo aviary
of Loro Parque (Photo: Matthias Reinschmidt).
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After almost half a year of filmimg six days a week, at the end of June, the filmimg in Loro Parque for the new TV series "Parrots, Palms and Co" has finished. From the 31st of August onwards, the 40 chapter series will be broadcast daily from 16.10 to 17.00 on the first German television channel, ARD. It will offer the viewers an insight into the everydaywork of biologists, veterinarians, trainers and keepers of Loro Parque and Loro Parque Fundación, and also behind the scenes of the park.
Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt, Curator,
Loro Parque Tenerife
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