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Features
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THE OWL FINCH
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THE BLUE TURQUOISINE
Also known as Bicheno finches, these unusual little
birds’ face markings resemble those of an owl, which
is where they get their name.
GREY PARROTS - PART 1
The African Grey has long been a favourite among
aviculturists, and in this issue we feature the first part
of Tony Silva’s informative article on their history, care
and breeding.
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REPORT FROM SANCBA SHOW
NEWS FROM LORO PARQUE
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he October issue is out and our feature article is on
the most popular parrot in the world: the African Grey.
In this part one of a two part article Tony Silva shares
with us his experience and looks back at the trade of Grey
Parrots and how the times have changed.
We often get asked the question: is it safe to feed garlic to
my birds? Let’s have a closer look into this topic and why it
might not be so good. Often bird owners, especially of pet
birds, assume that if food tastes nice for them and is good
for them then it must also be good for their pet or for their
birds. This is not always the case and it is very important
that we make sure to feed our birds the correct diet. After
many years of dealing with questions of health problems
with people’s birds and after seeking advice from many
avian vets, it seems that most health issues with captive
birds comes down to incorrect diet.
So back to feeding garlic, let’s have a look at what exactly
garlic is. Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium.
Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive,
and rakkyo. With a history of human use of over 7,000
years, garlic is native to central Asia and has long been a
staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent
seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to
Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary
and medicinal purposes by humans.
As far as parrots go, it is NOT recommended to give
them garlic. If a parrot has a bit of garlic form time to time
it seems to do no harm. Although garlic adds good flavour
to our dishes it can cause problems in parrots. Garlic is
related to onions and has similar chemical compounds.
Garlic contains allicin, which in rare cases, can cause
Heinz body haemolytic anaemia in birds. Other foods
which we enjoy and are good for us but are not good for
your birds are avocado, onion, celery and mushrooms.
Then there are some finch breeders that use garlic as a
herbal treatment instead of feeding it directly to the birds.
They use garlic juice in the drinking water. Garlic has
excellent natural antibacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Rather than use processed commercial garlic products,
you can simply crush a couple of cloves of fresh garlic
and wash the entire crushed cloves and their juice into a
jug with warm water. This jug is then poured trough a fine
kitchen sieve into a watering can and topped up with cold
water and given to the birds to drink. The hotter the water
used for washing into the jug, the stronger the release
of the garlic juice (and smell) and presumably the more
beneficial it will be to the birds.
D
ie Oktoberuitgawe is op die rak en ons hoofartikel
handel oor die wêreld se gewildste voël, die ‘African
Grey’. In die eerste aflewering deel Tony Silva sy
ervarings met ons en kyk hy ‘n bietjie terug op die handel
met die Grys Papegaaie en hoe dit met verloop van tyd
verander het.
Ons word dikwels die volgende vraag gevra: “Is dit veilig
om knoffel aan my voëls te voer?” Ons kan gerus hierdie
onderwerp van naderby bekyk om te sien hoekom dit
dalk nie so goed mag wees nie. Eienaars van voëls
gaan dikwels van die veronderstelling uit dat as kos vir ‘n
mens gesond is en lekker smaak, dieselfde vir voëls sal
geld. Dit is egter nie altyd die geval nie en dit is dus altyd
nodig om seker te maak dat ons voëls die korrekte dieet
gevoer word. Op grond van baie jare se ondervinding met
voëls, navrae oor gesondheidsaspekte deur telers en
gesprekke met voëlveeartse het ek tot die gevolgtrekking
gekom dat die meeste gesondheidsprobleme met voëls
in aanhouding te doen het met ‘n verkeerde dieet.
Dit bring ons terug na knoffel. Knoffel is ‘n spesie in die
ui-genus, Allium. Naby familie van knoffel is uie, salot,
prei, uiegras en ‘rakkyo’. Knoffel is afkomstig uit sentraal
Asië en word reeds vir 7000 jaar deur mense gebruik.
Dit word baie in die Meditereense gebied gebruik en
ook in Asië, Afrika en Europa. Dit was alreeds aan
die antieke Egiptenare bekend en is deur hulle in
voedselvoorbereiding gebruik en ook vir medisinale
doeleindes.
Wat papegaaie aan betref beveel ons aan dat jy NIE
knoffel in hul dieet insluit nie. As hulle egter af en toe ‘n
bietjie inkry sal dit waarskynlik geen skade doen nie. In
groter hoeveelhede kan dit egter problematies wees.
Omdat knoffel aan uie verwant is bevat dit soortgelyke
chemiese verbindings. Dit bevat allisien wat af en toe
die siekte, Heinz se hemolitiese anemie in voëls kan
veroorsaak. Ander voedselsoorte wat mense geniet en
wat goed is vir ons en glad nie goed vir voëls is nie, is
avokadopeer, selery, uie en sampioene.
Daar is egter vinktelers wat knoffel as ‘n kruiemiddel
gebruik eerder as om dit direk aan voëls te voer. Hulle
gebruik knoffelsap in die drinkwater as ‘n natuurlike
teenvoeter vir bakteriële- en fungusinfeksies. As jy
knoffelsap wil gebruik, is dit nie nodig om ‘n kommersiële
produk aan te koop nie. Al wat jy hoef te doen is om ‘n paar
vars knoffelhuisies fyn te druk en die fyngedrukte knoffel in
‘n beker water te voeg. Die vesels kan mbv ‘n kombuissif
uitgesif word en die watermengsel na goeddunke verdun
word en net so aan die voëls as drinkwater gegee word.
Hoe warmer die water is waarmee die fyngedrukte knoffel
gewas word, hoe beter. Warm water ekstraheer meer van
die voordelige produkte as koue water en jy sal vind dat
die knoffelruik en dus ook die voordelige effek sterker is.
In the end it is best not to feed your birds garlic; although
a bit of garlic won’t do any harm there is no beneficial
reason to feed it and there are so many other healthy
vegetable alternatives to rather feed your birds. So my
advice would be rather be safe than sorry and avoid it.
Dit is egter beter om nie knoffel aan voëls te voer nie.
Alhoewel ‘n klein bietjie nie skade sal doen nie is daar
soveel ander goeie groentes wat gevoer kan word dat dit
nie nodig is om ‘n risiko te loop nie.
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FINCHES
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hese beautiful Australian finches, which are
also commonly referred to as Bicheno
Finches, are fairly common in South
African aviaries and are a popular finch for
many reasons. The Owl Finch’s native habitat
is Australia, particularly the woodlands,
grasslands, and scrublands, though they can
be found in city parks as well. They travel
in groups numbering four to 40, and are
active flyers.
The name “owl finch” is derived from their
facial and overall patterning and colouration
because it resembles that of an owl. Although
they may not have the bright colours of other Australian
finches like the Gouldian Finches and Zebra Finches,
the Owl Finch with its distinctive markings and social
disposition give it a character all on its own. It stands
between 7.5 -10cm in length, and has two distinct black
bars above and below a whitish-beige chest, one bar
circling the underpart of the chin, and the other rounding
the bird’s underside. The wings are brown with white
speckles, and the face mask is white. The beak is gray
and the eye is black.
There is one subspecies listed for the Owl Finch, T. b.
annulosa, or the Black-rumped Owl Finch. The only difference
that survives of this subspecies in aviculture is the black rump
colouration, which is autosomal recessive to the nominate form.
In the wild there are some other differences in size and tail length,
but these have been lost in the crosses with the nominate whiterumped variety. Birds that are the result of a white-rump crossed with a
black-rump will show some mottling of the rump colour. These birds hold
the recessive gene for the black-rump colouration. These birds can then
be crossed with other birds showing this mottling or to Black-rumped Owls to
produce more of the black-rump colour.
The sexes are nearly identical. Most of the visual clues have been “educated guesses”
at best for me. The most reliable method of sexing has been to wait for the males to sing
their courtship song. Some of the visual clues include: the thickness of the breast bar, the
width of the crown, and the whiteness of the face mask. In males the breast bar is said
to be thicker, the crown of the head wider and the face and upper breast whiter than the
females. All of these methods are more reliable if you have a number of birds to look at
and compare. Just trying it with one pair is difficult unless you’ve seen a lot of Owl Finches.
Their call (or song) resembles that of a meowing kitten and they are a lively addition to a
community aviary and a good bird for the novice who may not have a lot of experience
with birds. The Owl Finch needs generous housing, and does best in a larger space.
An aviary is great, one that’s full of branches and safe foliage. They will get along with
most other Australian and Old World finches, as well as canaries, but they don’t like to
be crowded. Because they are closely related to the Zebra Finch, these two species
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may successfully interbreed, resulting in
“mules”: birds which can’t reproduce. This
is discouraged among birdkeepers.
Owl Finches can be bred in cages or
aviaries, in pairs or in colonies of 3 or more
pairs. I have bred them in my standard
breeding cage and in longer flight cages.
They will take a variety of nest boxes
and baskets with a real preference for
the baskets. They will use dried grasses,
coconut fibres, feathers and strips of paper
in their nest construction, often lining them
with soft feathers, paper or fibres. Soon
after, 4-6 small white eggs are laid with
incubation starting after the 3rd egg is
laid. Incubation is carried out by both the
male and female and lasts about 13 days
depending upon high tightly the pair sits.
The chicks hatch out with dark skin and
gray fuzz, looking nearly identical to Zebra
Finch chicks. Owl Finches fledge in about
18 days and look similar to the adults with
the exception of the dark beak and the white
areas are much grayer. The fledglings are
independent in about 2 weeks.
The biggest difficulty with Owl Finches is
getting them to settle down long enough
to nest (problem is second only to
accurately sexing the Owls).
The little guys act more
like waxbills than
their nearest
cousin
the Zebra Finch. I learned from another
breeder to offer plenty of cover when trying
to breed them in cages. I’ll tie bamboo
branches or plastic plants to the outside
of the cage to offer them some cover
(bamboo covered cage). Even though they
have a definite preference for the woven
baskets, I try to get them to use nest boxes
instead. The baskets are difficult to check
on and their nails can get caught in the
weaving.
Owl Finches can breed at 6 months of age,
but it’s best to wait at least nine months
to a year to breed them. This gives the
owner a chance to get them into prime
breeding condition, which is done though
a varied and healthy diet and enough light
and exercise. Owl finches are generally
good parents, but some can be a little too
carefree with their sitting habits, or can
toss the occasional baby out of the nest.
It’s convenient to have other similarly
sized finches nesting at the same time,
such as zebra and society finches, who
will generally willingly foster the eggs or
babies. Owls that are good parents will
also foster other species as well.
When trying to foster eggs with a pair
of Zebra Finches, I recommend not
mixing the clutch with Zebra eggs. Even
though the chicks are nearly identical in
appearance, I could still identify them by
the greater amount of fuzz and the mouth
markings. Apparently, so could the Zebra
Finches who tossed them out. It could
have been the amount of fuzz,
the mouth markings, the
begging noises or their
more rapid head and
neck movements of
the begging chicks. I
feel that the Zebras
would
have
taken care of them had they not been
mixed in with their own chicks. I have not
had any problems fostering them under
Bengalese Finches, even when mixed
with Zebras, Rufus-backed Mannikins and
Bengalese Finches.
Owl Finches that are housed indoors will
appreciate as large a cage as possible, at
least 0.6m x 1m, longer and wider rather
than taller. These birds are small, but
they’re active. Females can become eggbound if they don’t get enough exercise.
Because they can succumb easily to cold
temperatures, this finch must be kept in
temperatures no lower than 10°C, though
they prefer to be warmer. They do not like
drafts, and can’t handle prolonged periods
of direct sunlight unless they have a cooler
shady spot where they can retreat.
The Owl Finch should be fed a good-quality
seed and pellet-based diet, along with egg
food, a mineral grit, and charcoal. They
will also appreciate nestling food, as well
as packaged easy-to-make soft foods for
birds. A cuttlebone should also be available
as a source of calcium.
Owl Finches relish small mealworms,
and can have two to four per bird per day.
Nesting Owl Finches and those feeding
babies should have live food available as
a protein source. These birds hunt insects
in the wild, so it’s a natural food for them.
If these are not available, another protein
source can be used, such as well-cooked
hard-boiled egg crumbled into a separate
cup.
Overall the Owl Finch is highly
recommended species to work with and
they are a great addition to a community
aviary and excellent finch to keep alongside
your other finches.
The Owl Finch is also known as the
Bicheno Finch
Differentiating between the sexes is most
easily achieved by watiing for the male to sing
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Clutches comprise 4-6 white eggs
ierdie pragtige Australiese
vinke, ook genoem Bicheno
vinke, kom redelik algemeen
voor in Suid-Afrikaanse versamelings
en is, om verskeie redes, baie
gewild. Uilvinke se natuurlike tuiste is
Australië, veral die beboste gebiede,
die grasvelde en die ruigtegebiede.
Hulle word egter ook in stedelike
parke gevind. Hulle vlieg sterk en
kom voor in groepe van tot 4 tot 40.
Chicks hatch after about 13 days
with dark skin and grey fuzz
An Owl Finch chick (right) compared
to a Gouldian chick (left)
Die naam ‘uilvink’ kom daarvan dat
die merke op hul gesigte asook op die
res van hul lyf,herinner aan dié van ‘n
uil. Alhoewel hulle nie so kleurvol is
soos die ander Australiese vinke soos
die Gouldian- en Sebravinke nie, is
die Uilvink vanweë sy besondere
kleurmerke en mooi karakter tog baie
gewild. Hulle staan ongeveer 7.5 tot
10cm hoog en het twee kenmerkende
strepe bo en onder die ligbruin bors.
Die een streep omsirkel die onderkant
van die ken en die ander een die voël
se onderkant. Die vlerke is bruin met
wit spikkels en die gesigsmasker
is wit. Die snawel is grys en die oë
swart.
Daar is een subspesie bekend nl
die T. b. annulosa, ook genoem die
Swartromp Uilvink. Tans is die enigste
verskil tussen die twee subspesies,
as net vinke in aanhouding oorweeg
word, die swart kleur van die romp.
Die swart romp vererf outosomaal
resessief. By wilde voëls is daar wel
verskille te bespeur tov die grootte
en lengte van die stert maar by
vinke in aanhouding het dit verdwyn
vanweë
verbastering
met
die
nominaat witromp vinke. Voëls wat
die resultaat is van ‘n kruising tussen
‘n witromp- en swartrompvink se
rompkleur sal ‘n gevlekte voorkoms
hê. Sulke voëls dra die resessiewe
swartromp geen. Sulke voëls kan
opgepaar word met ander voëls wat
dieselfde kleurverspreing wys of met
‘n Swartromp Uilvink om sodoende
nog swartromp voëls te teel.
Die mannetjies en wyfies lyk
baie
eenders
en
die
visuele
onderskeidingskenmerke wat soms
genoem word, is volgens my niks
anders as raaiskote nie. Die mees
betroubare metode om die geslagte
van mekaar te onderskei is om te wag
tot die mannetjie sy hofmaaklied sing.
Sommige van die visuele leidrade
sluit in: die wydte van die swart
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Hulle roep (lied) klink baie soos
die miaau van ‘n kat. Hulle is baie
energieke voëltjies en deug goed
in ‘n hok waar ‘n verskeidenheid
vinke aangehou word. Hulle is ook
uitstekende voëls vir beginners met
min ervaring van vinke. Uilvinke
hou van ‘n groot hok, veral as daar
heelwat takke en veilige plante in
is. Hulle kom oor die weg met die
meeste Australiese en Ou-Wêreldse
vinke sowel as kanaries, maar hulle
hou nie van ‘n oorbevolkte omgewing
nie. Omdat hulle nou verwant is aan
die Sebravink sal hulle suksesvol met
hulle baster, maar die kuikens wat so
ontstaan sal onvrugbaar wees. Telers
word afgeraai om die twee soorte
voëls te kruisteel.
Uilvinke kan in klein binnenshuise
of groot buitehokke gebroei word.
Hulle kan as enkel pare of in kolonies
van 3 of meer pare aangehou word.
Ek het hulle suksesvol gebroei in
klein hokkies sowel as groter hokke
met heelwat vliegspasie. Hulle sal
‘n verskeidenheid van neskassies of
mandjies as nes aanvaar maar hulle
verkies die mandjie-tipe nes. Hulle
gebruik droë gras, kokosneutvesels,
vere en papierstroke om mee nes
te bou en sal, as hulle klaar gebou
het, die nes uitvoer met sagte vere,
papier of vesels. Kort na hulle die nes
gebou het sal die wyfie 4 – 6 klein
wit eiertjies lê. Inkubasie begin as
die derde eier gelê is en beide die
mannetjie en die wyfie hou die eiers
warm. Die inkubasietyd is omtrent 13
dae, maar kan wissel afhangend van
hoe goed die ouers die eiers warm
gehou het. As die kuiken ontdop
het, is sy vel donker van kleur en
is hy bedek met grys donsvere. Hul
kuikens lyk bykans presies soos dié
van Sebravinke. Uilvinke verlaat die
nes na ongeveer 18 dae en lyk dan
amper net soos die volwasse voëls
behalwe dat hul snawels swart is en
dat die wit areas nog grys vertoon.
Kuikens is onafhanklik ongeveer 2
weke nadat hulle die nes verlaat het.
Die grootste probleem met Uilvinke
is om hulle rustig genoeg te kry
sodat hulle kan begin om nes te
bou en te broei.(Dit is amper net so
moeilik as om hulle geslag visueel
te bepaal). Hulle tree op meer soos
sysies (waxbills), as soos hul naaste
familie die Sebravink. ‘n Ander teler
het aanbeveel dat ‘n mens heelwat
beskutting moet verskaf as jy hulle in
klein hokkies wil broei. Wat ek doen is
om bamboestakkies of plastiekplante
aan die buitekant van die hok aan
te bring om as beskutting te dien.
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Selfs al verkies hulle om in geweefde
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dat hulle in neskassies broei. Ek vind
dat dit moeilik is om nesinspeksie by
die mandjies te doen en as die wyfies
skrik kan hulle maklik in die mandjies
verstrengel raak.
Uilvinke kan alreeds op 6 maande
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streep op die bors, die wydte van die
kroon en hoe wit die gesigsmasker
is. By mannetjies is die streep op die
bors wyer, die kroon groter en die
boonste deel van die bors witter as
dié van die wyfies. Hoe meer voëls
jy het om met mekaar te vergelyk
hoe betroubaarder is hierdie metode.
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alleen werk as jy baie ervaring met
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“Even though they have a definite
preference for the woven baskets, I try
to get them to use nest boxes instead”
ouderdom broei, maar dit is beter
om 9 maande tot ‘n jaar te wag
voordat hulle ‘n nes kry. Dit gee jou
‘n beter kans om hulle in optimum
broeikondisie te kry. Dit kan gedoen
word deur ‘n gesonde dieet met groot
verskeidenheid aan te bied en om
hulle van voldoende lig en oefening
te voorsien. Uilvinke is gewoonlik
goeie ouers. Sommige broei egter nie
baie goed nie en so af en toe sal jy
‘n paartjie kry wat ‘n kuikentjie uit die
nes sal gooi. Dit is ‘n goeie praktyk
om altyd seker te maak dat daar
ander vinke, soos bv. Sebravinke,
op dieselfde tyd broei sodat hulle
as pleegouers gebruik kan word as
dit nodig blyk te wees. Uilvinke wat
goeie ouers is, sal ook as pleegouers
vir ander vinke optree.
As jy sou besluit om ‘n paar Sebravinke
as pleegouers vir Uilvinkeiers te
gebruik moet jy nie die Uilvinkeiers
saam met Zebravinkeiers plaas nie.
Alhoewel die kuikens op die oog
af dieselfde lyk kan die Sebravinkwyfie wel tussen hulle onderskei en
sy gaan dan die Uilvinkkuikens uit
die nes gooi. Die Sebra-wyfie kan
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om die bekkies, die snawel-merke
en die geluide wat hul maak as
hulle honger is. Die Sebravinke sal
hulle waarskynlik grootmaak as daar
net Uilvinkkuikens is. Ek het geen
probleme ondervind as ek Bengalese
vinke as pleegouers gebruik nie, selfs
al was dit ‘n mengsel van Bengalese-,
Sebra-, Mannikin-, ‘Rufus-backed-’
en Uilvinkkuikens.
As jy Uilvinke binnenshuis aanhou
is dit beter om ‘n hok so groot as
moontlik te voorsien. Dit behoort ten
minste 0.6m x 0.6m x1m te wees
en liewer langer en wyer as hoër.
Hierdie voëltjies is klein maar hulle
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genoeg oefening kry nie.
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en
hule
omgewingstemperatuur
moet nie minder as 10ºC wees nie.
Hulle verkies egter dat dit warmer is.
Hulle hou nie daarvan om in ‘n trek
te sit nie en ook nie om vir lang tye
ononderbroke in direkte sonlig te sit
nie, tensy hulle ‘n koel skaduplekkie
het waarin hulle kan skuil.
Uilvinke se dieet behoort uit ‘n
mengsel van goeie gehalte saad en
korrels te bestaan. Byvoegings van
eierkos, mineralegruis en koolstof
is ook aangedui. As hulle kuikens
het, is ‘n goeie sagtekosmengsel
essensieel. ‘n Visbeen kan ook as
kalsiumbron aangebied word
Hulle hou ook van klein meelwurms
en kan 2 tot 4 per voël per dag
ontvang.
Wyfies wat broei en
kuikens voer behoort lewendige kos
as addisionele bron van proteïene
te ontvang. In die natuur maak hulle
jag op insekte en meelwurms is dus
‘n natuurlike voedsel vir hulle. As jy
nie meelwurms besikbaar het nie kan
jy fyngemaakte, hardgekookte eier in
die plek daarvan aanbied.
Alles in ag genome is Uilvinke
aangename voëltjies om mee te werk
en hulle word sterk aanbeveel as ‘n
toevoeging tot ‘n gesamentlike hok.
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tot enige vinkversameling.
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PARAKEETS
ARTICLE BY: David Monroger
he Turquoisine parrot (Neophema pulchella)
is a small Australian parakeet present in
many collections in Europe. There are several
explanations for this. Firstly, it is not necessary to
have huge aviaries, they do not create problems with
neighbours because they are very quiet, and they
breed easily and many colour mutations exist and can
be combined to give very colourful birds. And, very
rarely, a bird with a different colour.
In 2010, during a discussion with Dutch friends, I
learned of the birth of a blue mutation Turquoisine
somewhere in Belgium. At that time, a very closed
circle of breeders was in on the secret and very few
people had the information. The search for this rare
bird began. That same year, I had the opportunity to
see some Turquoisines called “blue”. As can be seen
in the image 1, the male opaline single dark factor is
not a pure blue. There are always psittacines on the
belly and chest (yellow) but also on the back (green).
The pure blue mutation implies a total elimination of
yellow and red psittacines in feathers. The bird should
be blue and white. This image shows a great deal of
blue suffusion with opaline on the body. But this is just
an example.
I would like to make a comment here about another
mutation which occurred in the Scarlet-chested Parrot
Neophema splendida. In 2008, for the first time in the
world, an opaline blue Scarlet-chested appeared in Mr
René De Laet’s aviaries, also a well-known Belgian
breeder. This bird, a female, was born from a blue male
and a blue female. I make this clarification to dismiss
the idea of transmutation. The opaline Scarlet-chested
appeared in the blue series in Mr De Laet, while the
blue Turquoisine does not yet exist. In addition, Mr De
Laet did not breed Turquoisines.
You just have to compare the female Scarlet-chested
opaline blue shown in image 2 to the other pictures in
this article of the female Turquoisine opaline blue. The
colours of these two birds is very similar, but with a
discerning eye, one can notice the difference in these
two birds. The Turquoisine has a less extensive and
less intensive mask than the Scarlet-chested, as well
as many more shades of blue in the wing than the
Scarlet-chested.
To return to the blue Turquoisine, years passed and
in early 2013 I was pleasantly surprised to receive a
greeting card from Mr Leo De Bot. On this card, it had
a beautiful female opaline blue. Intrigued, I wanted
to have more information. The few people who had
seen the bird spoke of a pure blue Turquoisine without
mentioning combination of mutations.
Many questions came to my mind about the history of
this bird since the first report in 2010:
• Is this Turquoisine opaline blue a descendant of
the bird born in 2010?
• Had this female opaline blue already bred?
• How many Blue birds were there to date?
• Did this mutation appear in this breeder’s aviaries
or did it come from another breeder?
All these questions have remained unanswered.
Image 1: Turquoisine Opaline single dark
factor, selection blue suffusion male
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After several email exchanges with Mr De Bot, an
appointment was made in March 2013 to see a first
in Europe and perhaps in the world: the pure blue
mutation in the Turquoisine parrot.
Mr De Bot had kept birds since 1965.
He particularly likes colour mutations in
large and small Australian parakeets.
Combinations of mutations in Rosellas
such as the Crimson Rosella (Platycercus
elegans), Eastern Rosella (Platycercus
eximius), Yellow Rosella (Platycercus
flaveolus), but also Mallee Ringneck
(Barnardius barnardi), Red-winged parrot
(Aprosmictus erythropterus), Superb parrot
(Polytelis swainsonii) and Red-rumped
parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) are bred.
In the smaller species, some neophemas
are appreciated, such as Bourke’s parrot
(Neopsephotus bourkii), Scarlet-chested
parrot
(Neophema
splendida)
and
Turquoisine parrot (Neophema pulchella).
In Turquoisines, Mr De Bot appreciates the
combination of dilute opaline cinnamon
with yellow belly and yellow chest. His
goal was to produce this combination of
mutations. This detail is important because
it will cause the appearance of the blue
mutation.
Here’s how the blue bird arose.
Mr De Bot wanted to breed a Turquoisine
dilute opaline cinnamon with yellow belly
and yellow chest. He bought a bird from
England, two from Netherlands and a
fourth from Belgium. Two pairs were
formed. With these two pairs of different
blood, several young were born in 2009.
Of these young, he retained only a green
opaline male split dilute and cinnamon, and
a cinnamon female split dilute. All other
young were sold. In 2010, the young pair
bonded and produced a single chick in the
first brood. There was no second brood
that year. During the growth of the chick,
the first feathers seemed different from
what we would normally see. Indeed, the
first feathers were white and blue.
He launched into this great and challenging
adventure.
This bird had no psittacine. There was
neither red nor yellow on the bird. The
belly and chest were pure white, and white
patches were present on the back. Green
was replaced by blue. After the first moult,
development has shown that it was a pure
blue opaline female (images 3, 4 and 5).
The problems continued in 2011 because
this mutant female remained in the nest
throughout the breeding season and never
laid an egg. In early 2012, during a change
of aviary, the reproductive female, mother
of the blue, unfortunately died in the hands
of Mr De Bot apparently from a heart
attack. To date, the blue mutation carrier is
only based on a blue male (father) and this
young female blue opaline.
The small world of the mutation enthusiasts
panicked. The rumour was spread. Some
of them did not hesitate to offer a lot of
money. Indeed, some of those breeders
have offered crazy amounts of money for
this gem. The amount rose until it was
equal to the cost of a pair of Hyacinth
Macaws in Europe.
But none of these offers were accepted.
The easy path of selling the chicks and
its parents for a high price was not the
objective. Despite the magnitude and
difficulty of fixing this autosomal recessive
mutation, Mr De Bot was not intimidated.
The parents of this female were kept
together in the hope of producing a new
blue bird. In 2011, the couple gave no
young. A young male of new blood was
paired with the female blue opaline in
order to produce young wild type split blue
(image 6).
The scope of work with the breeding male
is huge because its descendants will
possibly be split for blue, which involves
breeding more pairs in the hope of getting
a new blue. That same year, the female
blue opaline reiterated the same scenario
as in 2011. Mr De Bot placed eggs of other
neophemas under the female opaline blue.
Chicks were perfectly raised by the pair.
During our visit, there was still a lot of
work and perseverance ahead before a
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Image 2: Scarlet-chested Opaline blue
female
new blue bird would be born. Creating a
new mutation must be a very interesting
challenge but how very difficult, especially
with an autosomal recessive mutation. The
chance to see the birth of such a rarity in
his aviaries must be fantastic but he must
also be anxious about the result. Good luck
to Mr De Bot and thank you for the very
warm welcome. The future will tell us more
about the sustainability of this mutation in
the Turquoisine parrot.
For further information on breeding and
mutations neophemas, I recommend
the book “A guide to Neophema and
Neopsephotus Genera and their Mutations”
by Alain Campagne, published by ABK
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ie Turquoisine papegaai (Neophema
pulchella) is ‘n klein Australiese parkiet
wat in baie Europese versamelings
voorkom. Daar is verskeie redes hiervoor:
Hulle benodig nie groot hokke nie, omdat
hulle saggeaarde voëls is baklei hulle nie
met hul bure nie, hulle is nie raserig nie,
hulle broei maklik en omdat daar reeds ‘n
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hele klomp kleurmutasies bestaan, bied dit
aan die teler ‘n hele aantal moontlikhede
om interessante kleure en af en toe selfs ‘n
nuwe kleur te broei.
In 2010 tydens ‘n gesprek met ‘n
Nederlandse vriend het hy genoem van
‘n blou Turquoisine wat iewers in België
geteel is. Op daardie tydstip was baie min
telers hiervan bewus en die geheim is soos
goud bewaar. Net hier het my soektog vir
hierdie skaars voël begin. In dieselfde jaar
het ek ‘n aantal Turquoisines gesien wat
as ‘blou’ beskou is, maar soos wat in foto 1
gesien kan word, is die enkel donkerfaktor
opaline mannetjie nie ‘n suiwer blou nie. In
hierdie voël is daar nog altyd geel psittasien
kleurstowwe op die maag en bors te
bespeur en groen psittasiene op die rug.
Die ware blou kleur impliseer die volledige
afwesigheid van alle geel en rooi psittasien
kleurstowwe in alle vere. Die voël behoort
met net blou en wit vere bedek te wees. Die
foto toon ‘n sterk blou skynsel in die opaline
van die lyf. Dit is egter net ‘n voorbeeld.
Ek wil ook graag iets noem aangaande ‘n
ander mutasie wat in die Splendid papegaai
(Scarlet-chested
parrot
(Neophema
splendida)) ontstaan het. In 2008 het ‘n
opaline Splendid papegaai by Mnr René De
Laet, ‘n bekende Belgiese teler, uitgebroei.
Hierdie voël, ‘n wyfie, se ouers was beide
blou gewees. Ek noem hierdie voël met
die uitsluitlike doel om die gedagte aan
Image 3: Turquoisine Opaline blue female
transmutasie die nek in te slaan. Die
opaline Splendid het uit die blou reeks van
Mnr De Laet ontstaan op ‘n tydstip dat die
blou Turquoisine nog nie bestaan het nie.
Daarbenewens het mnr De Laet glad nie
met Turquoisines geteel nie.
Vergelyk gerus die Blou-opaline Splendid
(foto 2) met die ander foto’s van die blouopaline Turquoisine wyfie. Die kleure van
die twee soorte is baie eenders maar as ‘n
mens fyn kyk kan jy wel die verskil sien. Die
Turquoisine se masker is kleiner en nie so
helder as dié van die Splendid nie en het
ook meer blou skakerings op die vlerk.
Kom ons keer terug na ons bespreking oor
die blou Turquoisine. Sedert ek die eerste
keer daarvan gehoor het, het ‘n hele paar
jaar verbygegaan. Vroeg in 2013 was ek
verras om ‘n poskaart van Mnr Leo De
Bot te ontvang waarop ‘n pragtige foto van
die blou Turquoisine wyfie was. Ek moes
dadelik meer inligting kry. Die paar mense
wat die blou Turquoisine gesien het, het
geen melding gemaak van kombinasies met
ander mutasies nie.
Daar het heelwat vrae oor die geskiedenis
van hierdie voël by my ontstaan.:
• Was hierdie blou Turquoisine-opaline ‘n
afstammeling van die een wat in 2010
gebore is?
• Het hierdie wyfie al gebroei?
• Hoeveel van hierdie blou voëls bestaan
daar tans?
• Het hierdie mutasie in Mnr De Bot se
hokke ontstaan of het hy dit van ‘n ander
teler bekom?
Al hierdie vrae het onbeantwoord gebly.
Image 6: Turquoisine wild type male and
Opaline blue female. New pair
Na verskeie e-pos gesprekke met De Bot het
ek ‘n afspraak met hom gekry om in Maart
2013 die eerste ware blou Turquoisine in
Europa en dalk in die hele wêreld te sien.
Mnr De Bot is sedert 1965 betrokke
in die voëlbedryf en hy hou veral van
kleurmutasieteling met die klein en groot
Australiese parkiete.Hy teel bv kombinasies
van die verskillende Rosellamutasies soos
die Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans),
die Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximus),
die Barnard Parkiet (Mallee Ringneck
(Barnardius
barnardi)),
Red-winged
papegaai (Aprosmictus erythropterus),
and Red-rumped papegaai (Psephotus
haematonotus). Hy het ook ‘n klompie
van die kleiner grasparkiete soos bv
Bourke se papegaai (Neopsephotus
bourkii), Splendid papegaai (Scarletchested parrot (Neophema splendida))
en die Turquoisine papegaai (Neophema
pulchella). Wat Turquoisines aan betref, is
Mnr De Bot lief om, geel-maag, geel-bors
en ‘dilute cinnamon-opaline’ met mekaar
te kombineer. Sy doelstelling was om ‘n
kombinasie van hierdie mutasies te teel.
Laasgenoemde opmerking is belangrik
omdat dit uiteindelik aanleiding gegee het
tot die ontstaan van die blou mutasie.
Die blou voël het as volg ontstaan:
Mnr De Bot se doel was om ‘n dilute opalinecinnamon met ‘n geel maag en geel bors te
teel. Hy koop toe ‘n voël in Engeland, twee
vanaf Nederland en nog een van België.
So kon hy twee pare uit onverwante voëls
opmaak. Uit hierdie twee pare het hy in
2009 verskeie kuikens gebroei. Van hierdie
kuikens het hy slegs twee voëls gehou
nl.’n groen opaline mannetjie wat split vir
dilute en cinnamon en ‘n cinnamon wyfie
wat split vir dilute. Al die ander kuikens is
verkoop. In 2010 het die jong paar een
kuiken opgelewer. Hulle het daardie jaar nie
‘n tweede keer gebroei nie. Soos wat die
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Image 4: Turquoisine Opaline blue female
Image 5: Turquoisine Opaline blue female
kuiken gegroei het kon hy sien dat die vere
wat begin oopgaan, anders gelyk het as
waaraan hy gewoond was. Die eerste vere
was inderdaad blou en wit.
Dié voël het geen psittasienkleurstowwe
bevat nie. Daar was geen rooi of geel vere in
die voël nie. Die maag en bors was spierwit
en daar was ook wit kolle op die rug. Alle
groen is deur blou vervang. Na die eerste
ververing was dit duidelik dat dit ‘n suiwer
blou opalinewyfie was. (Foto’s 3, 4 en 5).
Soos wat die gerug versprei het, het die
relatiewe klein groepie mutasie-entoesiaste
paniekbevange begin rondskarrel! Sommige
van hulle het nie gehuiwer om groot bedrae
geld vir hierdie unieke voël aan te bied
nie. Die aanbiedings het uiteindelik vlakke
bereik waar dit gelyk gestaan het aan die
Europese prys van ‘n paar Hyacinthine
Macaws!!
Geen een van hierdie aanbiedings is
egter aanvaar nie. Mnr De Bot het nie die
maklike roete, nl. die verkoop van die ouers
en hul kuikens, gevolg nie. Sy doelstelling
was die vestiging van hierdie outosomaal
resessiewe mutasie en ten spyte van die
groot werk en baie probleme wat hy voorsien
het, het hy die uitdagende avontuur met
groot durf aangepak.
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Die ouers van die blou kuiken is bymekaar
gehou in die hoop dat hulle weer ‘n blou
kuiken sou broei. In 2011 het die paartjie
egter glad nie gebroei nie. ‘n Jong,
onverwante ‘wilde tipe’ Turquoisine is met
die blou opaline wyfie opgepaar met die
doel om ‘wilde tipe’ Turquoisines wat split vir
blou te teel. (Foto 6)
Die probleme was egter nie verby nie. Die
blou wyfie het die hele 2011 broeiseisoen in
die nes deurgebring maar nie eens een eier
gelê nie, Vroeg in 2012, met die verskuiwing
van die ouers van die blou wyfie na ‘n nuwe
hok is die ouer wyfie in mnr. De Bot se
hande dood, waarskynlik agv ‘n hartaanval
.Op daardie stadium was die blou wyfie en
haar pa (wat die blou geen dra) die enigste
voëls wat die blou geen gedra het.
Die taak om met die split vir blou mannetjie
te werk, was baie groot aangesien al sy
kuikens ‘possibles’ sou wees, maw niemand
kon seker wees of hulle die blou geen dra of
nie. Die enigste hoop was om ‘n hele aantal
van sulke ‘moontlike-split-vir-blou’ pare
bymekaar te sit met die hoop dat een van
hulle ‘n blou kuiken sou oplewer. Met die
2012 broeiseisoen het die blou wyfie weer
niks opgelewer nie. Mnr De Bot het haar
toe ander grasparkieteiers gegee en sy het
hulle suksesvol uitgebroei en die kuikens
grootgemaak.
Tydens ons besoek het daar nog ‘n baie
groot klomp werk op Mnr De Bot gewag en
baie deursettingsvermoë sou nodig wees
voordat nog ‘n blou voël sy verskyning sou
kon maak. Om ‘n nuwe mutasie te vestig,
is ‘n groot uitdaging, veral as die mutasie
outosomaal resessief oorerf.
Vir enige teler moet die verskyning van so
‘n rare voël in sy hokke ‘n groot hoogtepunt
wees, maar ook baie spanning meebring
omdat die uiteinde van die pad wat voorlê
onbekend is. Ek het groot waardering dat jy
my uitgenooi het Mnr De Bot en ons wens jou
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sal leer of hierdie Turquoisinemutasie
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PARROTS
n a worldwide basis, one parrot has
a reputation for being an excellent
mimic. No matter where one is in the
world, the first bird at the top on everyone’s
list for the best talker is the African Grey. It
is also the bird that is the subject of most
questions that I receive.
Grey parrots can be excellent speakers.
They can reproduce speech so clearly that
one is led to believe a person and not the
bird is talking. I have one near the principal
work area, where dishes are cleaned, food
is prepared and nesting boxes are cleaned.
She is a joy. She delights in calling the dogs
by name, reprimanding them sometimes
for no reason, and summoning them by
whistling. She will call the workers or greet
them. She knows precisely the language to
use for each of them. She tells the other
birds to be quiet. The dogs and workers
are always confused. Not a week goes
by that the workers don’t ask me “what?”
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I typically look puzzled. We quickly figure
out that Coco is giving them orders in my
voice. The dogs are told to sit, get down
or come here and they respond, believing
I am giving them instructions. Nelson (a
Chow Chow x German Shepard stray I
picked up off the streets) often stands
in front of her cage and listens to the
accolades of “You´re such a good dog”
or “You´re so handsome”, believing it is
one of us giving him accolades. Coco is a
friend, a companion and a character. Her
vocabulary is vast.
Not all Greys can become excellent mimics.
Some never learn more than a few words,
but when they do learn, there seems to be
no limit. They normally only stop expanding
their vocabularies because their owners
stop teaching them.
As pets, Greys are, in my opinion, excellent,
being extremely intelligent. But they are
not suited for every household. They like
tranquillity, dislike constant change and
favour a balanced person. Mood swings,
young children that pester them and very
noisy households in my opinion make them
nervous and unhappy. There are always
exceptions, but in my opinion a quiet
household is the best home for a Grey
Parrot.
Three subspecies of Grey Parrots
(Psittacus erithacus) have been named. Of
these, the form princeps from the islands
of Príncipe and Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea
can be regarded as invalid; populations
of Psittacus erithacus on mainland Africa
show tremendous geographic variability in
terms of size and colour, making some look
identical to birds from the islands. This fact
makes princeps invalid. This leaves two
recognizable races:
1) Psittacus erithacus erithacus, the red-
tailed form, has been traded over the years
under various names, including Congo
Grey, Ghana Grey, Cameroon Grey, Redtailed African Grey and even Zaïre Silver
Grey. The names tend to reflect the size
or colour of some specific populations.
For example, birds from some populations
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly Zaïre) are very silver, almost a
whitish silver, while those from Ghana are
a darker grey and smaller. Individuals from
parts of Cameroon are larger than those
from Ghana. The difference in weight in
newly trapped birds from these distinct
populations can vary by as much as 100
grams (range 73-102 grams). Because
of this great variability, aviculturists
should try to pair birds of similar size, but
shipments often consist of individuals
from different populations and many
intermediate sized populations now exist
in captivity. Careful selection of likesized birds should be carried out when
possible, though pairing birds from two
populations is by no means hybridisation
- it involves the pairing of individuals of the
same species from distinct populations.
One advantage of pairing like birds is
the ability to visually sex them to some
degree: males will have a greater deposit
of melanin, especially in the wings, making
them darker when seen from a distance;
another visual sexing guide is the presence
of a grey or a whitish-grey border to the red
feathers that cover the underside of the
tail in the female. Exemptions do occur
and thus surgical or genetic sexing should
always be used to confirm gender.
2) Psittacus erithacus timneh, the Timneh
or Maroon-tailed African Grey,
is a
Forest loss is one of
the main reasons for
the decline of the po
pulation of African
Greys in the wild
smaller,
darker bird with a horn
coloured tinge to the upper mandible and a
maroon coloured tail. This form has always
been under appreciated because of its size
and colour, but in my opinion they make
superior pets capable of talking very well
and when hand-reared being more tolerant
of busy households or strangers than the
Red-tailed African Grey.
The two birds are here regarded as
subspecies, though ornithologists have
recently suggested they are distinct, basing
this decision
er and
s tend to be calm
stress
to
d
ne
cli
in
less
Captive bred bird
o n
morphological,
vocal
and genetic differences. They probably
deserve to be separated, though taxonomy
is beyond the scope of this article. For
simplicity, when referring to them both
simultaneously, I call them simply Grey
Parrots.
Since Roman times, the African Grey has
been the subject of interest as a pet, but it
was the Portuguese sailors starting in 1419
that introduced these birds to Europe. By
the 1800s and much of the 1900s the birds
traded were mainly grey-eyed youngsters,
which could be tamed easily; adults were
viewed as being especially nervous and
were to be eschewed. This concept is
expounded in a booklet published in the
late 1800s by W.T. Greene that discusses
only Grey Parrots. (Greene wrote the early
monograph on parrots, a three volume
series entitled Parrots in Captivity.) By
the 1970s interest in captive breeding
resulted in adults being the primary
subject of trade. This trade has continued
to date, though imports of wild birds into
the US were banned in 1992 and in 2007
by the European Union. Many applauded
this decision, but the CITES Secretariat
(Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora) issued the following communiqué in
protest of the ban:
“Geneva, 11 January 2007 – The
Secretariat of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES) expressed its disappointment
today at the announcement by the
European Union of an indefinite ban on
imports of wild birds.
“The EU ban has been adopted on the
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reliable way to
Clinical sexing is the only
determine gender
grounds
that it will help prevent the spread
of avian flu and other diseases in human
beings, but as it only concerns the import
of wild birds, it risks casting the wrong
impression that the international bird trade
is not effectively controlled. However, this
trade is carefully regulated by the 169
member countries of CITES.
“The global trade in wild birds has declined
from an estimated 7.5 million birds a year
in 1975 (when CITES came into effect)
to around 1.5 million today. By contrast,
the global trade in live domestic poultry
involves some 750 million birds a year;
this trade, however, is not affected by the
EU’s new health-related law as chicken
and other poultry are not considered to be
‘birds’ under its terms.
“A recent analysis by Birdlife International
showed that just 0.5% of the world’s
bird species appear to be significantly
threatened by international trade. Virtually
all of these threatened species are subject
to stringent controls by CITES. (The main
threat to wild birds is habitat destruction
and degradation.)
“While CITES itself does impose trade
bans on international trade in specimens
of highly endangered species such as sea
turtles and the tiger, it recognizes that bans
risk creating black markets. By ending legal
and tightly managed imports, the EU risks
driving the market underground and making
it less transparent. It also risks undermining
the impoverished communities who
depend on the environmentally sustainable
trade in birds and removing their economic
incentives for protecting bird habitat.”
In contradiction to recent claims on
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by an uninformed individual,
CITES does NOT oppose regulated trade
in wildlife.
The ban in trade in the major markets of the
US and EU were regarded by many in the
conservationist community as the panacea
for saving the species. Sadly, as is often the
case, no one took into account what was
happening - and continues to take place in the range countries. We in the west live
in luxury, consuming much of the world’s
resources without stopping to see what
our actions are contributing to: open mines
that provide minerals for computers and
cellphones or gravel for roads and highrise
buildings, massive forest clearance for
the tropical wood used in furniture and
flooring or for growing agricultural crops,
the poisoning of rivers with mercury used
to extract gold for jewellery for an evermore affluent world, hydroelectric projects
that engulf entire ecosystems to meet the
skyrocketing demand for energy, and much
more.
If trade were the only mitigating factor
in the disappearance of a species, then
a complete ban should be lauded. But
stopping the importation of birds into
the EU or US is placing a Band-Aid on a
deep puncture wound. You may feel that
everything will be fine, but in reality you
are not addressing the issue at hand. In
the case of the Grey Parrots, the trade
in Africa of dried heads and tail feathers
of Red-tailed African Greys for the fetish
market, the wild animal meat trade, and
habitat loss continue unabated. The loss of
tropical diversity is beyond comprehension,
as detailed in an FAO report on equatorial
Africa:
“…the outlook for the regions’ rainforests is
not promising. Many countries have agreed
in principle to conventions of biodiversity
and forest preservation, but in practice
these concepts of sustainable forestry
are not enforced. Most governments lack
the funds and technical know-how to
make these projects a reality, and “paper
parks” are common. Funding for most
conservation projects comes from foreign
sectors and 70-75% of forestry in the
region is funded by external resources.
Additionally, a population growth rate
exceeding 3% annually, combined with
the poverty of rural peoples, makes it
difficult for the government to control
local subsistence clearing and hunting.
Equally challenging is the tremendous
debt obligations facing the governments
of these countries. Already terribly poor
(16 of the world’s 20 poorest countries
are in Africa), by 1996 African countries
with tropical rainforest had accumulated
a foreign debt over US$177 billion, an
almost insurmountable sum considering
the low annual GDPs of most member
countries. The easiest, most expedient way
for such governments to service these debt
payments is to sell their forest products
and resources.”
This forest loss is the primary factor in
the decline of parrots, including the Grey
Parrots. The problem as detailed in the
FAO report and that I have repeatedly
witnessed is rife poverty and that the laws
established in Brussels, Washington and
elsewhere have little actual impact on
the ground. Where the birds cannot be
exported alive, they are then killed for food
or they vanish with the forests, which are cut
and burned for subsistence agriculture or
erased by foreign conglomerates seeking
valuable hardwoods or minerals or some
other element to meet the demand from
the developed world or to grow soybeans
or Oil Palm (Elaeeis guinensis), whose oil
finds itself into just about every food item
we eat. The situation is repeated again
and again: the world’s poorest are forced
to make changes to their lives to benefit
the wealthier, more developed nations. If
financial incentives were given to the poor
and those of us living in more developed
nations made sacrifices, then a ban in
trade would effectively work. But visit any
of the offices of those proponents of the
ban and you will find that the rooms are
air conditioned to a chilling temperature,
placing great demand on petroleum
exploration and contributing to Greenhouse
gases to meet the electrical demand;
reports are printed on paper whose
pulp could well have been derived from
plantations in tropical countries that were
once covered in tropical forest; and no one
foregoes a hearty lunch, whose beef could
well have been grazing on grass covering
areas once blanketed in jungle that was
slashed and burned or soybeans growing
on land that once supported large parrot
populations. All of these actions consume
the world’s resources and indirectly affect
the wild parrot populations, but then as the
German conservationist Heinz Seilman
succinctly pointed out: It is easy to point
one finger, but people forget that there are
then three other fingers pointing back.
I am not in favour of trade (except in small
numbers for captive breeding) but am
concerned about the welfare of the forest
and people whose life is affected by our
decisions. The sacrifice must be made by
the wealthier nations and must trickle down
to the people who live with the parrots for
the ban in trade to be effective. Any thinking
that deviates from this is utopian and will
more likely than not go unnoticed in parrot
population trends.
When exported, some natives see a benefit.
There is then reason to lobby the villages
to conserve the birds. But if the birds
cannot be sold, then they are seen under
a distinctly different light and the need to
preserve them or their habitat typically
vanishes. The need for food or medicine
outweigh all other reasons.
Because of poverty and the desperate
need for foreign trade currency, one
African nation, Cameroon, continued to
export birds. They set an export quota for
3000 Red-tailed African Parrots in 2013.
Years ago Cameroon’s African Greys
were destined for the US and EU, but with
the inception of bans in trade, they have
entered markets elsewhere. Most of these
birds are destined to become breeders, but
a few become pets.
Wild Grey Parrots invariably demonstrate
a high level of fear; they congregate in the
farthest corner of the holding cage and
growl. They are frightened and stressed.
One growling bird merely sets off a domino
effect whereby they all growl. These birds
remain shy for quite some time, hiding in
their nest when approached. The majority
will begin breeding long before they are
comfortable enough to remain on the perch
while their caretaker feeds them.
The wild Grey Parrots typically have
an internal parasite load, particularly
roundworms and tapeworms. They forage
on the ground in wet areas, eating algae and
also snails. The snails are the intermediate
hosts for tapeworms. These snails and
also lizards form a small part of the diet.
Their primary intake is the fibrous pericarp
of the fruit of the African Oil Palm Elaeeis
guinensis. The fruit ranges in colour from
dark green to orangeish-red and grows in
bunches that have a resemblance to a giant
bunch of grapes. Ripeness is indicated by
the appearance of red. A large bunch can
weigh as much as 50kg. Each fruit contains
a hard, oily kernel, but I have never seen
Grey Parrots eat the kernel. The fruit is rich
in monounsaturated and saturated fatty
acids, is rich in carotenes (precursors to
vitamin A) and the antioxidant tocotrienols
(vitamin E). Other seeds, fruits and pods
complement the diet.
When first trapped, Grey Parrots are fed
African Oil Palm seeds, which are readily
available and can be collected easily. They
are soon converted to eating peanuts
(called groundnuts in Africa) or corn and
later sunflower seed. Once exported, they
should be introduced to the best diet possible
from the beginning. They will reject all new
food initially, but persistence is important.
When wild Grey Parrots were available in
the US, I would place two birds per cage
regardless of their gender. Providing them
with a nest allowed them the opportunity to
hide when their cage was being cleaned or
serviced. They were given a medical exam
and typically treated for internal parasites
and at times bacteria; roundworms and
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tapeworms are not always visible in routine
testing and thus they were prophylactically
treated for these. After a month, their food
was removed at night. In the morning they
received a bowl of fruits and vegetables.
After two hours, this food was removed
and a parrot seed mix was offered. Often
they did not touch the fruits or vegetables
for months. I always persisted and results
invariably paid dividend. At the time palm
oil was not widely available, or it could
have been drizzled over the fruits and
vegetables to make them more appealing;
today it is available in the US and Europe
from specialty Brazilian and African food
stores. Palm oil is used for cooking in many
countries. In Brazilian stores it is commonly
sold as dendê oil. African stores normally
sell it as red palm oil. It is reddish orange
in colour, has a high gel point (meaning
that the sterin in it causes it to become like
lard except under very warm temperatures)
and oxidizes quickly. I recommend storing
the oil in the refrigerator and warming the
amount desired for feeding. The seeds
are also available in many countries.
They can become mouldy quickly if fresh.
I recommend washing them in a vinegar
water solution, allowing them to dry and
then freezing them. When fresh, they
should never be kept in plastic bags on in
containers, as condensation will encourage
the growth of mould. If they are fresh, they
should be kept in the sun and on a mesh
rack to ensure air circulation. An alternate
to feeding Oil Palm seeds is providing the
seeds of ornamental palms. I can obtain
both in Florida, but mine prefer the seeds
of the Foxtail Palm Woodyetia bifurcata, an
ornamental species. They also get whole
green coconuts, which they soon open to
reach the meat.
(To be continued in the November issue).
tivity
African Greys breed readily in cap
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groot woordeskat.
ie Grys Afrikapapegaai (African Grey)
het wêreldwyd die reputasie dat dit
die voël is wat geluide die beste kan
namaak. Ongeag van waar in die wêreld jy
jou bevind, die Grys Afrikapapegaai is bo
aan die lys as die papegaai wat die beste
praat. Dit is ook die voël wat die onderwerp
is van die meeste navrae wat ek kry.
Grys papegaaie is uitstekende praters.
Hulle maak menslike spraak so akkuraat
na dat ‘n mens dikwels oortuig is dat dit ‘n
mens is wat praat en nie ‘n voël nie. Ek het
een in die area waar die meeste aktiwiteite
by my boerdery plaasvind. Hier word kos
voorberei, kosbakke gewas en neskaste
skoongemaak. Sy is ‘n vreugde. Sy geniet
dit om die honde op hul name te roep, sy
betig hulle dikwels om geen waarneembare
rede nie en roep hulle deur te fluit. Sy roep
die werkers en groet hulle en sy weet
boonop watter taal om met elkeen van
hulle te gebruik. Sy maak ook die ander
voëls stil en skep groot verwarring by die
honde en die werkers. Daar gaan nie ‘n
week verby dat een van die werkers na my
kyk en vra “wat?” Ek kon nie verstaan wat
aangaan nie totdat ek agtergekom het dat
dit Coco is wat opdragte in my stem aan
die werkers gee.
Die honde kry opdragte om te kom, te sit
en te lê en omdat hulle glo dat dit ek is
wat met hulle praat gehoorsaam hulle die
opdragte heel gedwee. Nelson (‘n Chow
Chow x Duitse Herdershondkruising wat
sommer van die straat af by my aangekom
het) staan dikwels by die papegaai se hok
en ontvang graag ‘n stroom komplimente
soos “You´re such a good dog” of “You´re
so handsome”, wat sy glo van my af kom.
Coco is ‘n vriend en ‘n metgesel met ‘n baie
Nie alle Grys Papegaaie praat goed nie.
Sommige leer nooit meer as net ‘n paar
woorde nie, maar as hulle begin leer is
daar klaarblyklik geen beperking nie. Hulle
woordeskat word alleenlik beperk as hul
eienaars hulle nie meer nuwe woorde
aanleer nie.
Grys papegaaie is, volgens my, uitstekende
troetelvoëls omdat hulle so intelligent
is. Hulle is egter nie geskik vir alle
huishoudings nie. Hulle hou van ‘n rustige
omgewing en verdra nie dat daar gedurige
veranderings in hul omgewing plaasvind
nie. Hulle hou van ‘n gebalanseerde
persoon. Buierige mense, kinders wat hulle
gedurig verpes en ‘n lawaaierige omgewing
maak hulle baie senuagtig en ongelukkig.
Daar is natuurlik altyd uitsonderings maar
volgens my is ‘n stil en rustige huishouding
die beste omgewing vir ‘n Grys Papegaai.
Daar is drie subspesies van die Grys
Papegaai (Psittacus erithacus) beskryf.
Die subspesies (priceps) wat beskryf is
as sou dit in die eilande Principe en Bioko
voorkom, kan as ongeldig beskou word.
Populasies van Psittacus erithacus wat in
verskillende dele van Afrika voorkom, toon
groot variasies tov van grootte en kleur –
sodanig so dat sommige van hulle identies
is aan dié wat in bg eilande voorkom en
dit alleen maak die klassifisering van die
Grys Papegaaie van daardie eilande as ‘n
subspesie (princeps) ongeldig. Dit laat ons
met twee herkenbare rasse.
1) Psittacus erithacus erithacus, die
rooistert vorm is deur die jare onder
verskillende name ingevoer en verkoop.
Die volgende name kom ter sprake: ‘Congo
Grey, Ghana Grey, Cameroon Grey, Redtailed African Grey en selfs Zaïre Silver
Grey’. Hierdie name reflekteer op die
grootte en kleur van sekere populasies.
So byvoorbeeld is Grys Papegaaie uit die
Demokratiese Republiek van die Kongo,
voorheen Zaire, silwerkleurig en sommige
selfs silwer-wit terwyl voëls afkomstig
uit Gana kleiner en donkerder van kleur
is. Voëls afkomstig uit sekere dele van
Kameroen is groter as dié van Ghana. Die
verskil in gewig tussen voëls uit hierdie
twee gebiede kan soveel as 100g per voël
wees. (73g – 102g). As gevolg van hierdie
groot variasie word aanbeveel dat telers
voëls oppaar wat min of meer ewe groot
is. Besendings bestaan egter dikwels uit
voëls afkomstig uit verskillende populasies
en daar bestaan tans in aanhouding ‘n
hele klomp voëls van intermediêre grootte.
Alhoewel die opparing van voëls van
verskillende groottes nie as verbastering
beskou kan word nie, kan dit tog beskryf
word as die opparing van voëls uit twee
verskillende populasies. Dit word dus
aanbeveel dat telers moet poog om hul
pare so te selekteer dat slegs voëls van
vergelykbare groottes bymekaar gesit
word. Een voordeel daarvan om pare uit
ewe groot voëls saam te stel, is dat dit
dan moontlik is om hul kuikens tot ‘n mate
visueel as mannetjies of wyfies uit te ken.
Mannetjies sal donkerder vertoon agv
meer melanien wat in die vere voorkom.
Nog ‘n onderskeidende kenmerk is die
teenwoordigheid van ‘n grys of gryswit
rand om die rooi vere aan die onderkant
van die sterte van wyfies. Daar is egter
ook uitsonderings en sjirurgiese en DNS
geslagsbepaling is nog altyd nodig.
2) Psittacus erithacus timneh. Die Timneh
of te wel die maroenstert Grys Papegaai
is kleiner en donkerder van kleur as die
Psittacus erithacus erithacus subspesie.
Die boonste deel van hul snawel se
kleur is horingagtiger en hul stertvere
is maroenkleurig. Omdat hulle kleiner
en donkerder van kleur is, is hierdie
subspesie nog altyd onderwaardeer.
Ek is egter van mening dat hulle beter
troeteldiermateriaal as die gewone grys
papegaaie uitmaak. Hulle praat baie goed
en as hulle met die hand grootgemaak
is, verdra hulle baie besige huishoudings
beter as die Rooistert Grys Papegaaie en
hulle aanvaar vreemdelinge ook makliker.
In Suid-Afrika word hierdie twee soorte grys
papegaaie as subspesies beskou alhoewel
voëlkundiges onlangs voorgestel het dat
hulle twee aparte spesies is. Hulle baseer
hulle voorstel op grond van morfologiese,
vokale en genetiese verskille. Hulle verdien
waarskynlik om as aparte spesies beskou
te word, maar hul taksonomie val buite die
strekking van hierdie artikel. Ter wille van
eenvoud bedoel ek beide, wanneer ek van
Grys Papegaaie praat.
Daar was selfs in die Romeinse tyd
belangstelling in hierdie voëls as
troeteldiere. Dit was egter die Portugese
seevaarders wat vanaf 1419 hierdie
voëls in Europa bekend gestel het. In die
1800’s en die grootste deel van die 1900’s
is meestal jong voëls wat maklik mak
geword het, ingevoer. Volwasse voëls is as
baie senuagtig beskou en hulle was baie
ongewild. Hierdie benadering word bevestig
in ‘n boekie deur WT Greene wat in die laat
1800’s gepubliseer is en wat slegs oor Grys
Papegaaie gehandel het. (Greene het een
van die eerste boeke oor papegaaie met
die titel ‘Parrots in Captivity’ gepubliseer.)
Teen 1970 het die groot belangstelling in
die teling van die grys papegaaie daartoe
gelei dat die belangstelling hoofsaaklik
verskuif het na die aankoop van volwasse
papegaaie. Alhoewel die invoer van wilde
voëls in 1992 deur die VSA verbied is en
in 2007 deur die Europese Unie, is dit
tans nog die geval. Die meeste mense
het hierdie optrede verwelkom, maar
die CITES Sekretariaat (Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora) het op 11
Timneh Grey
with chicks
Januarie
2007 as volg op
die verbod gereageer: “CITES is baie
teleurgesteld in die onbepaalde verbod
van die Europese Unie op die invoer van
wilde voëls. Die EU verbod is ingestel op
grond daarvan dat dit die risiko van die
verspreiding van voëlgriep en ander siektes
na mense sal verminder. Aangesien dit
egter slegs van toepassing is op die invoer
van wilde voëls dra dit die risiko dat die
indruk geskep kan word dat internasionale
voëlhandel nie goed beheer word nie terwyl
dit in der waarheid wel goed beheer word
deur die 169 lidlande van CITES.”
“Die globale handel in wildgevange voëls
het vanaf 7.5 miljoen voëls per jaar in 1975
(Die jaar dat CITES tot stand gekom het),
afgeneem tot ongeveer 1.5 miljoen tans.
In teenstelling hiermee behels die handel
in pluimvee ongeveer 750 miljoen per jaar.
Hierdie handel word egter nie deur die
vebod geraak nie omdat pluimvee buite die
EU se definisie van ‘voëls’ val.”
“n
Onlangse
studie
deur
Birdlife
International toon aan dat slegs 0.5% van
die wêreld se voëlspesies betekenisvol deur
internasionale handel bedreig word. Feitlik
al die bedreigde spesies is onderworpe aan
streng beheer deur CITES. (Die grootste
gevaar vir die voortbestaan van wilde voëls
is habitatverswakking en –vernietiging)”.
“CITES pas wel ‘n handelsverbod toe op
hoogs bedreigde spesies soos seeskilpaaie
en tiere, en is bewus van die gevaar dat
so ‘n verbod ‘n swartmark tot gevolg kan
hê. Met die verbod op die wettige en goed
gereguleerde invoere word die gevaar
geloop dat die invoer van bv. voëls nou
ondergronds gedryf word en in sluikhandel
kan ontaard. Dit dra ook daartoe by dat die
arm gemeenskappe wat afhanklik is van ‘n
omgewingsvolhoubare handel in voëls van
hul
bron
van
inkomste ontneem word en daar geen
insentief meer vir hulle is om die voëls of
hul habitat te bewaar nie.”
In teenstelling met onlangse berigte in
Facebook deur ‘n oningeligte persoon is
CITES NIE gekant teen die gereguleerde
handel in wilde diere nie.
Die verbod wat deur die groot markte (VSA
en die EU) op die handel in wilde voëls
geplaas is, is deur baie bewaringsbewuste
mense as die aller antwoord vir die bewaring
van spesies beskou. Soos wat ongelukkig
dikwels die geval is, neem niemand in ag
wat in die lande waar die voëls voorkom,
gebeur het en nog steeds gebeur nie. Ons
westerlinge leef in luuksheid en gebruik die
meeste van die wêreld se bronne sonder
om ‘n oomblik terug te sit en te kyk wat die
effek van ons manier van lewe op ander
mense en die omgewing is:
• oopgroefmyne om te voorsien in die
minerale wat benodig word vir die
vervaardiging van selfone,
• gruisgroewe om gruis te lewer vir die
bou van wolkekrabbers,
• ongebreidelde afsaag van woudbome
vir die vervaardiging van meubels
en vloerbedekkings en om grond vir
landboudoeleindes beskikbaar te stel,
• die vergiftiging van riviere met kwik
ten einde goud uit erts te onttrek
ten einde juweliersware vir ‘n immer
rykerwordende
wêreld
te
kan
vervaardig,
• Hidro-elektriese installasies wat hele
ekosisteme insluk om in die skerp
stygende vraag na energie te voorsien
• En baie meer.
As handel die enigste rede sou wees wat
tot die verdwyning van spesies lei, sou
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ons ‘n totale verbod op die handel in wilde
diere moes toejuig. Die verbod deur die
VSA en die EU op die invoer van wilde
voëls plaas egter net ‘n pleistertjie op ‘n
dodelike diep wond. Jy mag dalk dink
dat al jou probleme opgelos is, maar in
werklikheid het jy nog nie die hoofprobleem
aangespreek nie. Wat die Grys Papegaaie
betref, woed die Afrika-handel in gedroogte
koppe, rooi stertvere en voëlkarkasse as
kos onverpoosd voort en word die habitat
terselfdertyd op ongekende skaal vernietig.
Die verlies aan tropiese diversiteit gaan ‘n
mens se verstand te bowe. Dit word in ‘n
verslag van die FAO oor ekwatoriaal Afrika
in besonderhede bespreek:
“….die vooruitsig vir die area se reënwoude
is nie belowend nie. Baie lande het in
beginsel die konvensies oor biodiversiteit
en die volhoubare benutting van inheemse
woude aanvaar maar in die praktyk word
die maatreëls nie afgedwing nie. Die
meeste regerings het nie die fondse of
die tegniese kennis om sulke projekte
suksesvol te hanteer nie. Befondsing vir die
meeste bewaringsprojekte kom uit oorsese
bronne met 70-75% van die plantasie- en
woudbedrywighede se fondse afkomstig
van buitelandse bronne. Om sake te
vererger is die mense in daardie gebiede
baie arm en met ‘n bevolkingsgroei van
3% per jaar is dit moeilik vir regerings
om bestaans-ontbossing en jagpraktyke
te beheer. Net so ‘n groot uitdaging is
die groot leningsverpligtinge van daardie
regerings. Hulle is alreeds baie arm (16 van
die wêreld se 20 armste lande is in Afrika)
en teen 1996 het Afrikalande met tropiese
reënwoude gesamentlik skuldverpligtinge
van 177 biljoen VSA dollars opgebou. Dit
is feitlik onmoontlik vir hierdie lande, met
hul klein BBP, om hierdie skuld af te betaal.
Die maklikste manier vir hierdie lande om
hul skuldverpligtinge na te kom, is om hul
woudprodukte en ander bronne uit te voer.”
Die verlies aan die woude is die primêre
oorsaak wat tot die vermindering in die
aantal papegaaie, insluitende die Grys
Papegaai, lei. Die probleem soos beskryf
in die FAO verslag en wat ek herhaaldelik
gesien het is die groot armoede en dat die
wette wat in Brussel, Washington en op
ander plekke gemaak word, weinig invloed
op voetsoolvlak in daardie lande het.
Waar voëls nie lewend uitgevoer kan word
nie, word hulle as voedselbron beskou
en verdwyn hulle soos wat die woude
vernietig word om as brandhout te dien, of
om ‘n land te kry om voedsel te plant of
deur groot konglommerate skoongemaak
word om meubels te maak of om toegang
tot die ondergrondse minerale te kry om
die aanvraag daarvoor in die ontwikkelde
wêreld te bevredig. Die ontboste gedeeltes
word ook gebruik om bv sojabone of
Oliepalms (Elaeeis guinensis ) te kweek
vir hul olie-inhoud wat in bykans al ons
voedselitems voorkom . Die wêreld se
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armste mense word keer op keer gedwing
om hul leefstyl aan te pas tot voordeel
van die ryker mense in die ontwikkelde
wêreld. As daar finansiële insentiewe aan
hierdie mense gegee word en ons, wat
in die ontwikkelde wêreld woon, bereid
is om iets op te offer, mag ‘n verbod op
handel moontlik effektief wees. As jy egter
die kantore van die voorstanders van ‘n
handelsverbod besoek, sal jy sien dat daar
geen gebrek aan luukshede is nie. Die
kantore is lugversorg en dit alleen dra by
tot ‘n groot vraag na petroleumprodukte en
lei tot die vrystelling van kweekhuisgasse
om in die vraag na elektrisiteit te voorsien.
Verslae word gedruk op papier wat dalk
gemaak is van hout wat uit plantasies kom
op plekke waar daar voorheen tropiese
woude gegroei het. Niemand is ook bereid
om ‘n heerlike middagete, afkomstig van
grond wat voorheen oerwoud was en groot
swerms papegaaie onderhou het, prys
te gee nie. Al hierdie optredes gebruik
die wêreld se bronne op en affekteer op
indirekte wyse die wêreld se papegaaie.
Die Duitse bewaringskundige Heinz
Seilman het egter ‘n waarskuwing aan ons
gerig met die volgende opmerking: “Moet
nooit vinger wys na iemand anders nie
want onthou, daar is drie vingers wat na
jou toe wys”
Ek is nie ten gunste van handel in wilde
diere nie (behalwe as dit in klein getalle
vir teeldoeleindes in aanhouding is), maar
ek is bekommerd oor die welstand van die
woude en die lewe van mense wat deur ons
optredes en besluite beïnvloed word. Die
ryk lande sal opofferings moet maak en dit
sal tot voordeel moet strek van die mense
wat saam met die papegaaie leef, anders
sal ‘n verbod op handel nie effektief wees
nie. Enige poging wat van hierdie
benadering afwyk, is wensdenkery
en tot mislukking gedoem.
meeste van hierdie voëls is bestem om
mee geteel te word en slegs enkeles sal
troeteldiere word.
Wilde Grys Papegaaie is baie bang vir hul
nuwe omgewing en sal tipies in die verste
hoek van die hok skuiling soek en grom
as ‘n mens naby hulle kom. As een so ‘n
papegaai begin grom het dit ‘n domino
effek en sal die ander ook so optree. Wilde
voëls bly vir ‘n lang tyd baie senuagtig en
sal in die nes gaan wegkruip as iemand in
hul omgewing kom.Die meeste van hulle
sal begin broei lank voordat hulle vrede
met hul nuwe omgewing gemaak het.
Omdat Grys Papegaaie in die natuur
dikwels in nat gebiede op die grond wei
en ook klein slakkies eet, is hulle dikwels
met intestinale parasiete, veral ronde- en
lintwurms, besmet. Die slakkies en klein
akkedissies vorm ‘n klein deel van hul
natuurlike dieet. Die slakkies tree op as
tussenganger vir lintwurms. Hul dieet
bestaan hoofsaaklik uit die veselagtige
gedeelte van die vrug van die Afrika
Oliepalm. (Elaeeis guinensis.) Die vrug
wissel in kleur van donkergroen tot
oranjerooi. Die vruggies kom in groepies
op die plant voor en lyk baie soos ‘n reuse
druiwetros. Sodra die vrugte begin rooi
word, is hulle ryp. ‘n Groot tros kan soveel
as 50kg weeg. Elke vrug bestaan uit ‘n
harde olierige kern, maar ek het nog nooit
gesien dat ‘n Grys Papegaai die kern eet
nie. Die vrug is ryk in mono-onversadigde
en versadigde vetsure en is ook ryk in
karotene (vitamien A voorlopers) en die
anti-oksidant tokotriënole (Vitamien E). Die
dieet word aangevul met ander vrugte en
peule.
As voëls uitgevoer word, is
daar voordeel vir die inheemse
bevolking. Daar is dan rede om die
plaaslike bevolking aan te moedig
om die voëls en die omgewing
te bewaar. As die voëls egter
nie verkoop kan word nie geld
heeltemal ander reëls. Daar is
dan geen voordeel vir hulle om te
bewaar nie. Die nood vir kos en
medisyne word dan belangriker
as enigiets anders.
As gevolg van die desperate
behoefte aan buitelandse valuta
het een Afrikaland (Kameroen)
aangehou om voëls uit te voer. In
2013 het hulle ‘n kwota van 3000
Grys Papegaaie toegestaan. In
die verlede was die Kameroen
Rooistert Grys Papegaaie vir
die VSA en die EU bestem maar
toe die invoerverbod ingestel is,
is nuwe markte gesoek. Die
The Red-tailed subspecies is larg
er
than the Timneh, with a darker
beak and brighter red tail
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SHOWS/AUCTIONS
Louwa de Bruin skryf:
“Ek stuur hierdie fotos van my uitslae op die Nasionale
Voëlskou wat gehou is in Durbanville/Kaapstad gedurende
Julie 2014.
Ek sal dit opreg waardeer om hierdie uitslae en fotos te
plaas in die Avizandum.
Dit is weer iets besonders en spesiaal wat elke voëlboer en
skou boer kan sien en geniet in die Avizandum. Alles is op
skrif en dit is nie nodig vir enige skrywe omtrent die uitslae
van my op hierdie nasionale skou nie, veral die Red-bill
Toucan wat vir die eerste keer op nasionale vlak geskou is.”
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Louwa de Bruin writes:
“I am sending you these
photos of my results in the
National Cage Bird Show held
in Durbanville, Cape Town
during July 2014.
I would appreciate it if these photos and results could
placed in the Avizandum.
be
This was again something special which every birdkeeper
can view and enjoy in the Avizandum. All the results are
included in the images and no further write up is required,
expecially for the Red-bill Toucan which was on show for
the first time in South Africa.”
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e-mail : [email protected]
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Monday to Friday 09:00 – 13:00
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TRANSPORT
s bird breeders, many of us at
some time have to deal with
transporting birds to different
parts of our country as we buy and sell
birds. Some of us even send birds to other
parts of the world. Selling and buying birds
internationally is becoming more common
as the world is becoming a smaller place
with the Internet and social media.
Over the past few years we have heard
of a few cases were birds have been
transported incorrectly and also more
recently cases were birds have been
confiscated due to them not being housed
correctly for transport. We thought we
would have a look into this for our readers
and we managed to get some information
on the air transport requirements for
birds from SAA Cargo. These are the
requirements below that are applicable to
all species of birds.
Materials
Wire mesh, non-toxic wood, non-toxic
plastic, fibreglass, synthetics and muslin
or other light material.
Principles of Design
The following principles of design must be
met in addition to the General Container
requirements for air freight.
Size
The normal habits and necessary freedom
of movement of the bird species involved
will determine the size.
Frame
A solid wood frame of 2 x 4 cm, either
screwed or nailed and glued with a nontoxic glue.
Sides
Plywood or other material of equivalent
strength is generally suitable. Both sides
of the container must be
o f
a minimum thickness of
0.6cm.
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The interior of the container must have not
sharp edges or protuberances on which
the birds can injure themselves.
The front of the container must be sloped
to provide extra ventilation area and be
covered with a 0.3cm wire mesh which
must comprise 75% of the frontal area. A
muslin curtain must be provided to reduce
light inside the container.
Handling Spacer Bars/Handles
Must be provided as shown in the
illustration on three sides of the container.
transport.
There must be sufficient perch space for
all birds to perch simultaneously. The
numbers of birds will be restricted by the
length of perch space within the container.
Stocking Density
There must be no more than 50 small
birds per container or compartment of a
container to prevent smothering. Larger
birds must have comparably fewer per
container or compartment of a container.
Roof
Floor
Solid and leak-proof with smooth raised
bars down the length of the container for
non-perching species.
The roof must be solid, however
ventilation holes are permitted. The roof
must have non-destructible padding for
some species.
Perches
Door
Wooden perches must be provided for all
perching species.
The diameter of the perch must be large
enough for the birds to grip firmly and
comfortably.
The perches must be placed so that
droppings cannot fall into the water and
food troughs nor onto other birds.
The perches must be placed at such a
height that the birds can leave the perch
without their heads
coming
in
contact with the
roof nor
the tail with the
floor
while perching,
but the perches
must not be
placed
too
high within the
container for the
birds
to
become
u p s e t
during
There must be a door, sliding or hinged,
to each container or compartment of a
container. There must be a secure means
of fastening each door.
Ventilation
Meshed
ventilation
openings,
approximately 2.5cm in diameter, must be
provided at approximately 5cm distance
apart along three sides of the container.
Whenever openings are covered by
mesh care must be taken that there
are no sharp edges present within
the container, all edges must be
covered with a smooth
material.
stress of capture and allow them to become
accustomed to confinement and the new
diet. The use of an anti-stress tonic is
beneficial. It is of utmost importance that
all birds be given, under close supervision,
an opportunity to drink an ample supply of
water before departure.
On no account must excess birds be
loaded into a compartment or container
to ensure against mortality. Species of
widely differing sizes must not be mixed in
the same compartment/container.
wyses vervoer is en meer onlangs van
gevalle waar voëls gekonfiskeer is omdat
hulle nie op die korrekte wyse vir vervoer
verpak was nie. Ons het dit dus goed
gedink om ter inligitng vir ons lesers hierna
te kyk en het daarin geslaag om inligting
oor die lugvervoer-vereistes van voëls van
SAL Vragvervoer te bekom. Hieronder is
die vereistes wat van toepassing is op alle
voëlspesies.
Materiaal
The illustrations shown in this Container Requirement are
examples only. Containers that conform to the principle of
written guidelines for the species but look slightly different
will still meet the lATA standards.
Feed and Water Containers
Separate food and water containers must
be provided, they must be accessible
for refilling and the sides of the water
container(s) must be flanged to prevent
spillage. For small birds it is necessary to
have a float or sponge or similar material,
compatible with the species shipped on
top of the water to prevent drowning.
(for emergency use only)
Adequate food and water must be provided
in the compartment/container by the
shipper at the time of acceptance. Birds
do not usually require additional feeding
or watering during 24 hours following the
time of dispatch.
If feeding or watering is required due
to an unforeseen delay, the shipper’s
instructions must be followed. With the
smaller species, it is essential to make
sure that the sponge floats are well wet at
the time of departure.
Soldered tin must never be used.
Aggressive
individually.
birds
must
be
packed
Rigid Plastic Pet Containers
For small numbers or individual birds
modified rigid plastic pet containers are
suitable for use; the following modifications
must be made:
• perches, fixed foothold blocks or
non-slip floor lining must be fixed
appropriately to the floor of the
container;
• non-destructible padding must be fixed
to the roof; the doors and ventilation
openings must be covered with a fine
mesh to prevent any part of the bird(s)
protruding. A light curtain must cover
the door and ventilation openings
to reduce the amount of light within
the container, this must be suitably
adjusted for those birds which need
very dim light;
• the amount of space per bird must
comply with the species carried;
• food and suitable water containers
must be fixed inside the container with
a means of refilling;
• labelling must conform to lATA
standards for Live Animals.
Shippers must ensure that wild birds are
held in captivity for approximately thirty
days before dispatch to overcome the
Birds are very nervous by nature and
containers must be handled carefully.
The container must not be jolted or tilted
unnecessarily. Excess light and noise must
be avoided. Birds must be provided with
water at the time of departure, transfer,
layover and at destination. Birds will not
feed in the dark and must be stowed in
at least dim light sufficient for them to see
their food. Unfledged birds must not be
shipped. A fledgling, for the purpose of
these Regulations, is considered to be a
young bird that can feed independently
from its parents.
We hope these guidelines will help give
you a better understanding on what are
the current guidelines for transporting
birds and we hope that it will prevent any
issues transport issue arising in the future.
Maasdraad, nie-giftige hout, nie-giftige
plastiek, veselglas, sintetiese materiale en
moeselien of ander ligte materiaal
Ontwerpbeginsels
Daar moet ook aan die volgende
ontwerpbeginsels voldoen word om aan
die Algemene Houer-vereistes vir lugvrag
te voldoen.
Grootte
Die normale gewoontes en noodsaaklike
vryheid van beweging van die voëlspesie
betrokke sal die grootte bepaal.
Raamwerk
‘n Soliede houtraam gemaak van hout met
afmetings van 2cm x 4 cm wat met spykers
vasgeslaan of met skroewe vasgeskroef is
en met nie-giftige lym vasgelym is.
Sykante
Laaghout of ander materiaal van
soortgelyke
sterkte
is
gewoonlik
aanvaarbaar. Beide kante van die houer
moet ‘n minimum dikte van 0.6cm wees.
Die binnekant van die houer mag nie
skerp kante of uitsteeksels waaraan die
voëls huself kan beseer, bevat nie.
Die voorkant van die houer moet ‘n helling
hê om ‘n ekstra ventilasie-area te verskaf
en moet met 3mm dikte maasdraad bedek
wees wat 75% van die voorkant uitmaak.
‘n Moeseliengordyn moet aangebring
word om lig in die houer te verminder.
Hanteringshandvatsels moet aan drie
kante van die houer verskaf word soos
aangetoon in die illustrasie.
Bodem
et die koop en verkoop van
voëls moet voëltelers dikwels
voëls na verskillende dele van
ons land of selfs na die buiteland vervoer.
Die internasionale handel in voëls raak al
hoe algemener omdat die wêreld kleiner
word deur die internet en sosiale media.
Die afgelope paar jaar het ons van ‘n paar
gevalle gehoor waar voëls onaanvaarbare
‘n Soliede en waterdigte bodem met
gladde geligte stroke oor die lengte van
die houer moet verskaf word vir spesies
wat nie op stokke sit nie.
Die deursnee van die sitstok moet groot
genoeg wees sodat die voëls ‘n ferm en
gerieflike greep sal hê.
Die sitstokke moet so geplaas word dat
die mis nie in die water en kosbakke kan
val nie en ook nie op die voëls nie.
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Die sitstokke moet op so ‘n hoogte geplaas
word dat die voëls van die sitstokke kan
afklim sonder dat hulle koppe in kontak
met die dak kan kom of dat hul sterte die
vloer raak terwyl hulle op die sitstok sit. Dit
moet egter nie so hoog geplaas word dat
die voëls ontsteld kan raak tydens vervoer
nie.
Daar moet voldoende sitspasie wees
sodat alle voëls gelyktydig sitplek sal hê.
Die aantal voëls sal beperk word deur
die lengte van die sitsokspasie binne die
houer.
Voëldigtheid in die houer
Daar mag nie meer as 50 klein voëltjies per
houer of kompartement van ‘n houer wees
nie om te voorkom dat hulle versmoor. As
groter voëls ter sprake is moet minder per
houer of kompartement wees.
Dak
Die dak moet solied wees maar
ventilasiegate is toegelaat. Die dak moet
gebuffer wees met materiaal wat nie deur
sommige spesies vernietig sal kan word
nie.
Deur
Daar moet in elke houer of kompartement
‘n deur wees wat oopgeskuif kan word of
wat met skarniere toegerus is sodat dit op
‘n veilige manier oop of toe gemaak kan
word.
Ventilasie
Maasdraad
ventilasie-openinge
van
ongeveer 2.5cm in deursnee moet verskaf
word teen ongeveer 5cm afstande langs
drie kante van die houer. As die openinge
deur maasdraad bedek is, moet seker
gemaak word dat daar nie skerp kante in
die houer is nie. Alle kante moet met ‘n
gladde materiaal bedek wees.
Kos- en waterhouers
Aparte kos- en waterhouers moet voorsien
word, hulle moet maklik toeganklik wees
om weer vol te maak en die kante van die
waterhouers moet ‘n rand hê wat na binne
oorsteek om te voorkom dat water uitspat.
Vir kleiner voëltjies moet daar ‘n drywende
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voorwerp of spons of ander soortgelyke
materiaal, in ooreenstemming met die
spesie wat vervoer word, bo-op die water
geplaas word om verdrinking te vookom.
Gesoldeerde plaat moet nooit gebruik
word nie.
Aggressiewe
verpak word.
voëls
moet
Om sterftes te voorkom mag daar nooit
te veel voëls in ‘n kompartement of
houer gelaai word nie. Spesies van
uiteenlopende groottes mag nie tesame
in dieselfde kompartement/houer vervoer
word nie.
individueel
(Slegs vir noodtoestande)
Sterk plastiek troeteldierhouers
Klein hoeveelhede, of individuele, voëls
kan in sterk gemodifiseerde plastiek
troeteldierhouers vervoer word. Die
volgende veranderings moet aangebring
word:
• Sitstokke,
sitblokke
of
gly-vrye
vloerbedekkings moet aan die vloer
van die houer geheg word.
• Onvernietigbare buffermateriaal moet
aan die dak aangebring word en die
deure en ventilasie-openinge moet
met fyn maasdraad bedek word sodat
geen deel van die voël kan uitsteek
nie. ‘n Ligte gordyn moet die deur en
ventilasie-openinge bedek om die
lig in die houer te verminder en moet
ooreenstemmend aangepas word
vir daardie voëls wat baie sagte lig
benodig;
• Die spasie per voël moet voldoende
wees vir die spesie wat vervoer word;
• Kos en gepaste waterhouers moet
vasgeheg wees aan die binnekant van
die houer en moet hervul kan word;
• Etikettering moet voldoen aan die
IATA-standaarde vir Lewende Diere.
Versenders moet verseker dat wilde voëls
vir ongeveer dertig dae voor versending
in aanhouding was om die stres van
aanhouding te oorkom en om hulle toe te
laat om gewoond te raak aan inperking en
die nuwe dieet. Die gebruik van ‘n antistres tonikum is aan te beveel. Dit is van
die grootste belang dat alle voëls onder
streng toesig die geleentheid gegee moet
word om voldoende hoeveelhede water te
drink voor vertrek.
Voldoende kos en water moet deur die
versender in die kompartement/houer
voorsien word wanneer die voëls by die
versendingslokaal gelewer word. Voëls
benodig nie normaalweg addisionele
water of kos gedurende die 24 uur wat
volg nadat hulle versend is nie.
As kos of water nodig is as gevolg van
onvoorsiene omstandighede, moet die
versender se instruksies gevolg word.
In die geval van kleiner spesies is dit
belangrik om seker te maak dat die
drywende sponse goed nat is wanneer die
reis begin.
Voëls is van nature baie senuagtig en
die houers moet met sorg hanteer word.
Houers moet nie onnodig gekantel of
geskud word nie. Oormatige lig en geraas
moet vermy word. Voëls moet van water
voorsien word tydens vertrek, as hulle
oorgelaai word, as hulle oorstaan en by
aankoms. Voëls eet nie as dit donker is
nie en daar moet voldoende sagte lig wees
sodat hulle hul kos kan sien. Ongespeende
voëls moet nie vervoer word nie. Vir
die doel van hierdie regulasies word ‘n
gespeende voël beskou as ‘n jong voël
wat onafhanklik van sy ouers selfstandig
kan eet.
Ons vertrou hierdie riglyne sal help om
jou ‘n beter begrip te gee van die huidige
riglyne vir die vervoer van voëls en ons
vertrou dat dit enige ongelukkighede
rakende vervoeraangeleenthede in die
toekoms sal voorkom.
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ARTICLE AND IMAGES BY: By Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt, Zoological Director, LoroParque, Tenerife
that has bred successfully every year
starting a few years ago. This is especially
important as this sub-species, compared
to the Red-lored Amazon (Amazona a.
autumnalis), is almost forgotten due to
its simple colouring, and only some very
dedicated breeders have this species
in their collections. This highlights the
importance always to have new chicks, in
order to maintain this Amazon subspecies
in European aviaries.
e continue with a high operating
level in the La Vera breeding
station
of
Loro
Parque
Fundación, as well as in the Baby Station
of Loro Parque, where many young parrots
are growing at the moment.
Two years ago we received young handraised Yellow-billed Amazons (Amazona
collaria) and Black-billed Amazons
(Amazona agilis) from the Vienna
“Tiergarten Schönbrunn“ Zoo. These had
been confiscated as eggs at Vienna airport
and then were incubated and reared in the
Vienna Zoo. Now the first pair of Yellowbilled Amazons is breeding for the first
time. As we keep this species in one large
common aviary with several pairs of the
same species, the egg was removed for
safety and incubated artificially. Now
the chick has hatched in the incubator,
is already 15 days old and is growing
very well thanks to the extra care of the
keepers. This is a great success in such
a short time, and very important to help
maintain this very rare amazon species in
Europe.
We can report five Yellow-shouldered
Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) and four
Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix)
chicks which have already been ringed.
Furthermore, we are very happy about a
young Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona
o. auropalliata), also already ringed. We
are especially pleased about a chick
from our proven breeding pair of Salvin´s
Amazons (Amazona autumnalis salvini),
12 and 14 days old Emma´s Parakeets (Pyrrhura
leucotisemma)
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Two pairs of our Pileated Parrots
(Pionopsitta pileata) are currently rearing
their five young without any difficulty. Also
our Emma’s Parakeets (Pyrrhura leucotis
emma) have three chicks in their nest
cavity at the moment, which are being well
cared for by the parents, and we also have
the four Blue-throated Parakeet (Pyrrhura
cruentata) youngsters.
Three
young
Hyacinth
Macaws
(Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) hatched
and are now being carefully reared in the
Baby Station, while the pair is already in
the nest box preparing to produce new
eggs. Another pair has also laid three
eggs, which the parents are incubating
themselves. More Hyacinth Macaw pairs
are currently preparing for breeding, so
we can expect to have more offspring in
the coming weeks.
ns het steeds ‘n baie hoë
bedrywigheid in die La Vera
broeikamer van Loro Park waar
baie jong papegaaie op die oomblik
grootgemaak word.
Twee jaar gelede het ons jong
handgrootgemaakte
Yellow-billed
Amasones (Amazona collaria) en Blackbilled Amasones (Amazona agilis)
van die Vienna Schönbrunn dieretuin
ontvang. Hulle is as eiers by die Vienna
lughawe gekonfiskeer en uitgebroei en
in die Vienna dieretuin grootgemaak.
Die eerste paar Yellow-billed Amasones
broei nou vir die eerste keer. Omdat ons
hierdie spesie in een groot algemene
hok saam met verskeie pare van
dieselfde spesie aanhou, het ons die eier
veiligheidshalwe verwyder en kunsmatig
uitgebroei. Die kuiken het nou in die
broeimasjien uitgebroei, is reeds 15 dae
oud en groei baie mooi te danke aan die
spesiale versorging van die personeel.
Dit is ‘n baie groot sukses in ‘n baie kort
tydjie en baie belangrik om hierdie skaars
amasone-spesie in Europa te bewaar.
Just a couple of months are left until
the VIII International Parrot Convention
will take place in Tenerife in September
2014. The organizing is currently running
at full speed and, with registrations
currently much higher than at the same
moment four years ago, the maximum
limit of participants will soon be achieved.
Therefore, interested persons are advised
to make their registration as soon as
possible. For more detailed information,
please visit our Web page: www.
loroparque-fundacion.org/congreso
Ons kan ook rapporteer dat ons vyf
Yellow-shouldered
Amasone-kuikens
(Amazona barbadensis) en vier Yellowheaded Amasone-kuikens (Amazona
oratrix) reeds gering is. Verder is ons
ook baie gelukkig dat ons ook reeds
‘n jong Yellow-naped Amasone-kuiken
(Amazona o. auropalliata), gering het.
Ons is veral opgewonde oor ‘n kuiken
van ons bewese broeipaar Salvin´s
Amasones
(Amazona
autumnalis
salvini). Hulle broei elke jaar suksesvol
sedert hulle ‘n paar jaar gelede begin
broei het. Dit is veral belangrik omdat
hierdie sub-spesie, in vergelyking met
die Red-lored Amasone (Amazona a.
autumnalis), feitlik vergete is as gevolg
van hul onopvallende kleur. Slegs ‘n
paar toegewyde telers het hierdie spesie
in hul versamelings. Dit beklemtoon die
belangrikheid om altyd nuwe kuikens te
broei sodat hierdie Amasone subspesie
behoue kan bly in Europese hokke.
Young Yellow-naped Amazons (Amazona auropalliata)
Adult Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata)
Also important to mention are the three little
Gang-gang Cockatoos (Callocephalon
fimbriatum). Although we have offspring of
this species almost every year, it is still a
highlight when we can report new chicks.
Twee pare van ons Pileated Papegaaie
(Pionopsitta pileata) maak tans hul
vyf kuikens sonder enige probleme
groot. Ons Emma’s parkiet (Pyrrhura
leucotis emma) het op die oomblik drie
kuikens in die nes en hulle word baie
goed versorg deur hul ouers en ons het
ook vier Blue-throated Parkietkuikens
(Pyrrhura cruentata).
Drie
jong
Hyacinth
Macaws
(Anodorhynchus
hyacinthinus)
het
uitgebroei en word toegewyd in die
babakamer versorg terwyl die paar
reeds weer in die nes is en voorberei
om weer eiers te lê. ‘n Ander paar het
ook drie eiers gelê en dié paar broei
self op die eiers. Daar is ook nog ander
Hyacinth Macaw-pare wat gereed maak
om te broei, so ons verwag om nog meer
kuikens in die komende weke te hê.
Dit is ook belangrik om die drie klein
Gang-gang kaketoes (Callocephalon
fimbriatum) te noem. Alhoewel ons elke
jaar kuikens van hierdie spesie het, is
dit steeds ‘n hoogtepunt as ons nuwe
kuikens kan rapporteer.
Nog net ‘n paar maande is oor voor die
VIII Internasionale Papegaai-konvensie
in September 2014 in Tenerife plaasvind.
25 and 26 days old Yellow-shouldered Amazons (Amazona
barbadensis)
Die organisering is in volle swang en met
meer registrasies as dieselfde tyd vier
jaar gelede sal die maksimum aantal
deelnemers gou bereik word. Dus word
geïnteresseerde persone aanbeveel
Adult Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis)
om hul registrasie sou gou moontlik te
doen. Vir meer detail inligting besoek
asseblief on webblad: www.loroparquefundacion.org/congreso
Exclusive Birds
BABIES:
WANTED:
African Greys
Hawk-headed Parrots
Cockatoos:
PAIRS:
Citron crested, Medium Sulphur Crested,
Molluccan, Major Mitchells, Triton, Bare-eyed,
Ducorps
Amazons:
Blue-Fronted, Double-yellow Headed, Yellow-naped,
Yellow-crowned
Macaws:
Hybirds, Blue & Gold, Greenwings, Scarlet, Buffons
Alexandrines
Moustaches
Eclectus
Double-yellow Headed Amazons
Yellow-naped Amazons
Blue & Gold Macaws
Ringnecks
As well as Cockatiels, Doves, Ringnecks,
Budgies and Show Budgies, or any other
babies or pairs you have available!
FOR THE EXPORT MARKET
Greytown, KZN
Fax: 086 531 8255
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082 567 8251
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PARAKEETS
Wild type Lineolated Parakeets
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Lineolated
Parakeet
(Bolborhynchus lineola lineola) is
a parrot 16 to 17cm long with an
average weight of 50g. This is a bird whose
dominant colour is green, decorated by
black mottles.
It is found in southern parts of Mexico,
in all the states in Central America,
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Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and
they can be found further south in West
Colombia, in parts of the Andes in NorthWest Venezuela, North-West Ecuador and
Central Peru. These areas are covered by
broad-leaved forests. It can be found in the
mountain areas up to 2000m in altitude.
During winter they can be seen in lower
altitudes because they are searching for
food. They spend most of the day on the
ground, but they always spend the night
in the treetops of the high trees, mostly in
the openings. Spotting them in the trees
is very hard because of the camouflage
provided by the different shades of green
and black spots on the feathers.
The main problem with breeding of
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Some beautiful mutations have been
developed among Lineolateds
this bird species is to establish the
difference between the sexes. There
are no clear distinctions between the
male and the female bird observed at
first sight. However, careful and longer
observation will lead to perceiving more
clearly marked black spots on the body,
wings and the top of the tail of the males.
There is a possibility to determine the
sex by measuring the width of the ilium
of the sexually mature birds. However,
all of these methods are unreliable,
and the only trustworthy method for sex
determination is DNA analysis. This is
why I would recommend to the potential
breeder to buy several birds that are not
related. They will choose their partners on
their own. I also recommend to buy young
and ringed birds from a recognized and
experienced breeder. The ring will provide
the information of the age, and it will
ease your monitoring and documenting
all the relevant behaviour modifications,
especially if you have many birds. This will
ease the breeding.
When you see the pairs are formed, I
advise you to move them into individual
aviaries. Pairs of Lineolated Parakeets
will successfully breed in aviaries of
100x80x50cm. For successful breeding,
apart from adequate space, a necessary
condition is that the birds are of the right
age. The young birds will gain the adult
appearance after six months, and they
reach full sexual maturity when they are
one year old. Only then do I recommend
that you place the nestboxes in the highest
spot of the aviary. The boxes should be
built in such a manner to maintain suitable
microclimate – constant temperature and
humidity of air and the floor. Optimum
dimensions of the nestbox would be
15x15x30cm. It should be positioned in
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Lutino mutation
Birds must be the right age to breed successfully
Lutino and Olive Green pair
with chicks
the dark and sheltered part of the aviary,
so they aren’t disturbed by other birds or
visitors. The size of the circular entrance is
5cm. It is necessary to place a thin layer
of sawdust in the nestbox. Sometimes,
they redecorate the interior of the nest
themselves, and the floor becomes a
truncated pyramid and the eggs are put on
the top. This can be dangerous, because
the eggs can roll down from that nest to
the corners, which will cause their cooling.
Once the breeder notices this, the eggs
will be completely unusable.
Most often there are five eggs in a clutch,
and they are laid every two days. The
eggs are regular oval with a long diagonal
of 21.5 mm and a shorter of 17.7 mm.
The incubation period lasts from 20 to 23
days, and hens can produce up to three
clutches a year. However, my personal
experience showed that although all the
eggs are fertilized, each successive clutch
has fewer living hatchlings. The male is
in the nest box or very close to it. If the
male is in the nest during egg control it
will determinedly protect the eggs or the
hatchlings from the curious breeder as
well as the female. The hen will be patient
and will wait almost peacefully until the
finishing of the egg control. Likewise,
there are no unpredictable movements by
the female in the box during the ringing of
the hatchlings. The male feeds the hen,
and she warms and feeds the young. If the
hen notices that the egg is not fertilized,
she rejects it. She will cover them with
sawdust or discard them in the corners
of the box. They are very good parents.
The youngsters leave the nest after four
weeks, sometimes even later, and three
weeks after leaving the nest they should
be separated from the parents. Unlike
other parrots, even if the young stay in
the same aviary with the parents, there
will not be any problems. The parents are
not aggressive towards their offspring, not
even when they enter a new mating and
upbringing cycle. After the chicks leave the
box, the nests are clean and the sawdust
does not have to be changed.
Lineolated Parakeets have got a short
spiky tail, round head and very big brown
eyes. Apart from the basic natural green
that can be seen in the wild, using genetic
knowledge numerous mutations have
been created, such as various shades of
green, olive green, lutino (yellow with red
eyes), creamino, cobalt, turquoise and
mauve (grey), different shades of grey,
and colourful birds.
They are very interesting and easy to
handle as pets. They do not require large
space, they are not aggressive and they
gladly accept the presence of the man
or their relatives. Very often two birds
will act as a couple, no matter what sex
they are. They are very sociable and
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they gladly preen and feed each other.
These facts speak to their sociability. The
problems may occur in two cases. First,
if a new bird is brought to the flock. They
can become slightly aggressive until the
hierarchy is established, so if this problem
occurs during breeding it will be quickly
overcome. The other problem can occur
if two hens choose the same nest box to
lay their eggs in. Then they can fight and
break each other’s eggs. This is simply
resolved by separating pairs, this is why
I recommend breeding separate pairs.
However, in larger aviaries they can live
with other exotic birds and parrots that are
not aggressive.
They do not have hard beaks, they are
not destructive and can be kept in wooden
aviaries. They are great acrobats, and they
like climbing. They fly only when they have
to. This is why the aviary should be quite
long and have numerous perches that will
provide them with lots of movement. They
are normally very slow. In small cages
they often take food and water in a batlike position.
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When they are frightened the colour of their
feathers fades, they stiffen and look like
they are stuffed. A very scared Lineolated
Parakeet has high pitched voice, and in
these situations they often run and not
fly. This will alarm the other birds from the
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flock and they will also vocalize.
If provided with good conditions their life
span is more than 12 years. A rich and
varied diet will surely have influence on
their lifespan and the quality of life. They
have very good immune systems, and
I almost never had to treat them. They
are very resistant to low temperatures.
The only health issue I have noticed is a
defect, due to a disease, appearing on the
nostrils. However, even if you do not treat
the bird, it continues to live a long and
normal life. The size of claws should be
monitored, and cosmetic surgery should
be performed occasionally. If you do not
trim the claws when they get too long,
there is a possibility that when they think
they are in danger and try to flee they can
become entangled in the wire mesh, and
they can sprain their leg.
Aqua Blue and Aquamarine Lineolateds
Silver mutation
One of the problems with the Lineolated
Parakeet is the fact that they put the
seeds into the water dish, so you have to
change water every day, sometimes even
a few times a day. The other problem the
breeders can encounter is ringing. The
tarsometatarsus of Lineolated Parakeets
is 5 to 6 mm long, and the length of the
ring is 4 mm. If the birds are smaller or
if the ring moves vertically, damage to
the skin and further complications might
occur. Regardless of this possibility, the
birds must be ringed at a very young age
with 4.5mm diameter ring, and this is a
legal obligation. A ring of these dimensions
can rarely cause a problem. Lineolated
Parakeets are on the CITES II list B.
According to C.O.M. they are categorized
in the ‘M’ section.
In the past few years, this species has
gained much popularity. There are a great
number of enthusiasts and a large number
of groups have been formed on social
networks where fans of the species can
exchange information.
Lineolated Parakeets can be excellent pets, as they are not
aggressive and will gladly tolerate handling
They are sociable, tolerant towards other
birds, and they can become attached to
people. If you provide them with care and
just a bit of your attention they can be
easily tamed. If you invest enough energy,
patience and love they will appreciate
this and respond with a large number
of acrobatic skills that will enchant you
forever.
ie Lineolated Parkiet (Bolborhynchus
lineola lineola) is ‘n papegaai wat
so ongeveer 16 tot 17cm lank is en
ongeveer 50g weeg. Hulle is hoofsaaklik
groen van kleur met swart dekoratiewe
vlekkies.
Hulle kom voor in Mexiko, in al die
state van Sentraal Amerika, Venezuela,
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Kolombië, Ekwador, ook verder suid
in Westelike Kolombië, in dele van die
Andes gebergtes in Noordwes Venezuela,
Noordwes Ekwador en Sentraal Peru. Al
hierdie gebiede is bedek met breëblaar
woude. Die Lineolated papegaaie kan
tot op hoogtes van 2000m bo seespieël
voorkom. In die winter sien ‘n mens hulle
in gebiede laer bo seespieël op soek na
kos. Bedags spandeer hulle die meeste
van hul tyd op die grond, maar in die nag
slaap hulle hoog in die bome, verkieslik
waar daar openings is. Omdat hulle
groen en swart verekleed hulle so goed
kamoefleer, is dit baie moeilik om hulle te
sien as hulle in die bome is.
Dit is baie moeilik om hierdie voëls se
geslag visueel vas te stel. Met die eerste
oogopslag lyk mannetjies en wyfies
presies eenders maar as ‘n mens fyn
oplet, sal jy merk dat die mannetjies
se swart vlekke op die lyf, vlerke en die
bokant van die stert beter gedefinieerd
is. Daar bestaan ook ‘n moontlikheid om
hul geslag te bepaal deur die wydte van
die ilium van geslagsryp voëls te meet.
Al sulke metodes is egter onakkuraat en
die beste is om hul geslag sjirurgies of
per DNS toetsing te bepaal. Om hierdie
rede beveel ek aan dat voornemende
telers eerder ‘n hele aantal jong, geringde,
onverwante voëls koop, saam in een hok
gooi en hulle toelaat om self hul maats te
kies. Dit is ook altyd beter om voëls by ‘n
bekende, gerespekteerde teler te koop.
Die ring sal aandui hoe oud die voëls
is en sal dit maklik maak om ‘n voël se
ontwikkeling, optrede en broeisuksesse
te dokumenteer, veral as jy oor ‘n groot
versameling voëls beskik.
As jy sien dat ‘n paar gevorm het behoort
jy hulle na hul eie hok te verskuif.
Lineolated parkiete benodig nie ‘n groot
hok nie en sal suksesvol broei in ‘n hok
van 100x80x50cm. Om suksesvol te kan
broei is nie net ‘n geskikte hok nodig nie
maar die voëls moet ook van die regte
ouderdom wees. Jong voëls sal hul
volwasse verekleed op ouderdom van 6
maande kry en op een jaar ouderdom sal
hulle geslagsryp wees. Eers dan behoort
jy hulle van ‘n neskas te voorsien wat so
hoog as moontlik in die hok gehang behoort
te word. Die kaste moet sodanig gemaak
word dat dit ‘n geskikte mikroklimaat met
‘n konstante temperatuur en voggehalte
skep. Die optimum afmetings vir ‘n neskas
is 15x15x30cm. Dit behoort in ‘n donker,
privaat deel van die hok gehang te word
sodat die paartjie nie gesteur word deur
die versorger of besoekers nie. Die
ingangsgat se deursnit behoort ongeveer
5cm te wees. Houtsaagsels deug goed
as nesmateriaal en dit word aanbeveel
dat jy ‘n nesvormige holte in die saagsels
maak waarin hulle hul eiers kan lê. Soms
verander hulle die binnekant van die nes
en skrop hulle die nesmateriaal in die
vorm van ‘n piramiede met ‘n plat bokant
en dan lê hulle die eiers op die bokant van
die piramiede. Dit is nie ‘n goeie praktyk
nie want die eiers kan daar afrol en breek
of afkoel en die embrio’s kan vrek omdat
die wyfie hulle nie meer warm hou nie.
Teen die tyd dat die teler so-iets agterkom
sal dit te laat wees.
Die wyfies lê elke tweede dag ‘n eier en
meestal bestaan ‘n legsel uit vyf eiers. Die
eiers is ovaalvormig en ongeveer 21.5mm
lank en 17.7mm wyd. Die inkubasietyd
is 20 – 23 dae. Wyfies kan tot drie keer
per jaar broei. My ondervinding is egter
dat alhoewel daar met elke legsel vyf
bevrugte eiers mag wees, daar elke keer
minder kuikens grootgemaak word. Die
mannetjie is meestal in die neskas of
daar naby. As die mannetjie in die nes is
as jy nesinspeksie doen, sal hy die eiers,
die wyfie en ook die kuikens met mening
verdedig. Die wyfie sal egter geduldig
en rustig sit totdat die nesinspeksie
afgehandel is. Die wyfie raak ook glad nie
opgewonde as die kuikens gering word
nie. Die mannetjie voer die wyfie in die nes
en haar taak is om die eiers en die kuikens
warm te hou. As die wyfie agterkom dat
‘n eier onbevrug is, sal sy dit verwerp. Sy
sal sulke eiers met nesmateriaal bedek
of hulle tot in die hoek van die kas skrop.
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Hulle is baie goeie ouers. Die kuikens
verlaat die nes na ongeveer vier weke en
soms selfs later. Drie weke nadat hulle
die nes verlaat het, sal hulle onafhanklik
wees en kan hulle uit die hok verwyder
word. Anders as wat die geval met ander
papegaaie is, kan ‘n mens hulle in die hok
by die ouers los sonder dat daar probleme
sal ontstaan. Die ouers is glad nie
aggressief teenoor hul kuikens nie, selfs
al begin hulle weer broei. Aan die einde
van ‘n broeisiklus is die nesmateriaal nog
steeds skoon en is dit nie nodig om dit te
vervang nie.
Wild type Lineolated
Lineolated parkiete het ‘n kort skerp
stertjie, ‘n ronde kop en groot bruin
oë. Daar is ook al heelwat kleurvolle
mutasies met verskeie skakerings van
groen, olyfgroen, lutino (geel met rooi oë),
cream-ino, kobalt, turquoise, mauve en
verskillende grade van grys ontwikkel.
Lineolateds are very sociable and can
be housed as a group until pairs are
formed for breeding
Hulle is interessante voëls en maklik om
te hanteer en is goeie troetelvoëls. Hulle
benodig nie groot hokke nie, hulle is nie
aggressief nie en hulle aanvaar maklik hul
eienaar en sy gesin. Dit gebeur dikwels
dat twee voëls soos ‘n paar sal optree
al is hulle van dieselfde geslag. Hulle
is baie sosiale voëls en is lief daarvoor
om mekaar te tooi en te voer. Daar is
egter twee situasies waar probleme kan
ontstaan. Die eerste een kom voor as
daar ‘n nuwe voël by die groepie gevoeg
word. Hulle kan effens aggressief teenoor
die nuweling optree totdat ‘n nuwe
hierargie gevorm is. As hierdie probleem
gedurende die broeisiklus voorkom word
dit vinnig opgelos. Die ander probleem
kan ontstaan as twee wyfies dieselfde
neskas kies om in te broei. Hulle kan dan
dalk baklei en mekaar se eiers breek. Die
probleem kan ook maklik opgelos word
deur elke paar in hul eie hok te plaas.
In groot hokke kan hulle vreedsaam met
ander nie-aggressiewe eksotiese voëls
aangehou word.
Hulle is glad nie destruktief nie en kan
selfs in hokke met houtrame aangehou
word. Hulle is baie akrobaties en hou
daarvan om te klim. Hulle vlieg net as
hulle moet. Om hierdie rede moet die hok
redelik lank wees met genoeg sitstokke
sodat hulle daarop kan rondklim. Hulle
beweeg gewoonlik taamlik stadig. In klein
hokkies eet hulle dikwes terwyl hulle soos
‘n vlermuis onderstebo hang.
Recently, Lineolateds have increased
in popularity and many online groups
exist for exchanging info on these birds
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As hulle bang is, verdof hulle vere se
kleure en hulle verstyf sodat hulle soos
opgestopte voëls lyk. As ‘n lineolated groot
geskrik het, skree hy met ‘n skril stem en
hardloop eerder as om te vlieg. Sulke
optrede sal ook die res van die swerm
ontstel en hulle sal ook begin skree.
As hulle goed versorg word, kan hulle tot
12 jaar oud word. ‘n Ryk dieet met goeie
verskeidenheid sal maak dat hulle langer en ook gelukkiger
lewe. Hulle is gehard, word nie maklik siek nie en kan selfs lae
temperature weerstaan. Die enigste probleem wat ek met hulle
ondervind het is die ontstaan van ‘n defek, agv ‘n siekte, wat aan
die neusgate vorm. Selfs al behandel jy nie die voël nie sal dit
nogtans ‘n lang en normale lewe lei. Hulle naels word soms baie
lank en behoort gereeld geknip te word. As jy dit nie doen nie
kan hulle dalk in die hok se draad verstrengel raak as hulle vir ‘n
gevaar of veronderstelde gevaar wegvlug.
Lineolateds is ook lief om hul saad in die water te gooi en dit
is dus belangrik dat hul water elke dag en soms meer as een
keer per dag vervang word. Nog ‘n probleem kan ontstaan met
die ring van die kuikens. ‘n Lineolated se tarsometatarsus is 5
tot 6 mm lank en die ring is 4mm wyd. Dit kan maklik tot gevolg
hê dat die ring oor die ‘elmboog’ beweeg en die bobeen beseer.
Nieteenstaande hierdie moontlikheid behoort die kuikens in elk
geval met ‘n ring met ‘n deursnit van 4.5mm gering te word. Die
ring van die kuikens is ‘n wetlike vereiste. ‘n Ring met hierdie
afmetings gee selde probleme.
Lineolated Parkiete word geklassifiseer as ‘n CITESII lys B voël.
Volgens C.O.M. word hulle in die ‘M’ afdeling gelys.
In die afgelope paar jaar het hierdie spesie se gewildheid
toegeneem. Daar is nou reeds ‘n groot aantal entoesiaste en
‘n hele aantal groepe is op die sosiale netwerke gevorm waar
mense inligting en wenke kan uitruil.
Hulle is sosiale voëls, verdraagsaam teenoor ander voëls en raak
maklik aan mense geheg. As jy hulle goed versorg en selfs net ‘n
bietjie aandag gee, sal hulle dit baie waardeer, sommer gou mak
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CONSERVATION
he Cape Parrot (Poicephalus
robustus) is the only parrot
species endemic to South Africa
and is currently one of South Africa’s
endangered birds. Skead (1971)
highlighted that the numbers of Cape
Parrots had declined since the early
1900s, particularly in the 1950’s. In 1989
Boshoff estimated less than a 1000 in
the wild. So this raised questions: were
these declines real and how many Cape
parrots were there in the wild? Standard
bird counting techniques are unsuitable
for Cape Parrots as they are nomadic
feeders with unpredictable movements.
Parrots’ cryptic colouration combined
with dense forest habitats often make
them difficult to locate once perched,
but their loud harsh calls whilst in-flight
make their presence known. They are
most active during the first few hours
after dawn and before sunset (although
during misty conditions these periods
can be extended) when they leave and
return to their roosts in forest patches.
These characteristics allow for a ‘total
count’ of the parrots. Consequently the
Cape Parrot Big Birding Day (CPBBD)
was initiated in 1998, and has been
held annually since as part of the
conservation effort of the Cape Parrot
Working Group. The aim is to determine
their occurrence and obtain an accurate
population estimate of the Cape Parrot.
Over the recent years less than 1600
have been counted in the wild (Downs
et al. 2014). Factors contributing to the
parrots’ decline vary in their effects and
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extent at different locations and include:
the loss or change in the quality of their
preferred forest habitat; food and/or
nest-site shortages; illegal poaching
for the pet trade; disease (especially
psittacine beak and feather disease
virus (PBFDV)); avian predators; and
accelerated climate change.
The Cape Parrot, a forest specialist,
is now mainly restricted to patches
in a mosaic of afromontane southern
mistbelt forests from Hogsback in the
Eastern Cape through to the Balgowan
and Karkloof areas of KwaZulu-Natal
(KZN); with a disjunct population in the
Magoeboeskloof region of Limpopo
Province. Though they are seen feeding
on fruit in Protea patches, gardens,
orchards or coastal forests at certain
times of the year. Absence of parrots
in some forest patches during certain
periods are not local extinctions, but are
likely due to the absence of food, as the
fruiting of their preferred yellowwoods
may be sporadic and absent in some
years.
South Africa celebrated twenty years
of democracy in 2014 with an election
close to the time that CPBBD is usually
held, consequently it was pushed
further into May. The CPBBD is
generally extended over the Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning of the
following day. One reason for this is that
often the weather is poor on one of the
days. This allows an afternoon and a
morning estimate. The higher of these
for each province is then used to give
the maximum number counted.
The areas of South Africa covered by
the count included the Eastern Cape,
KZN and Limpopo Provinces. This year
at least 253 volunteers were posted
at 96 localities in the three provinces.
Some localities had Cape Parrots
feeding in flocks at Pecan Nut Trees
(Carya illinoinensis). Despite the poor
weather on one of the days in some of
the areas, at least 1133 parrots were
seen during the afternoon count while
1148 were seen the following morning.
The maximum number of Cape Parrots
counted (see above) was 477 in KZN,
491 in the former Transkei, 308 in the
former Eastern Cape and 35 in Limpopo
Province. This suggests that there were
at least 1311 in the wild on the CPBBD
in 2014, which is similar to the maximum
count of 1356 in 2013 when weather
also had an impact. Consequently
both years are likely an underestimate.
Furthermore, having the census day
later in the year seems to have had
an impact as well. On the Sunday
the parrots were observed at 61% of
localities while on the Saturday at 57%
of localities. The localities where no
parrots were observed are ones where
the birds have been seen previously
so need to be covered although for
observers nil counts are often very
negative.
Of interest were how many juvenile
flocks of Cape Parrots were observed in
parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-
Natal. Two localities also reported Cape
Parrots nesting. This shows that there
is some recruitment. Also there was
a report of Cape Parrots feeding on
bugweed (Solanum mauritianum) near
Umtata, which has not been previously
documented.
Several
observers
commented on how Pied (Corvus albus)
and Cape/Black Crows (C. capensis)
were disturbing the Cape Parrots.
The annual CPBBD also highlights
the importance of South Africa’s
Afromontane/-temperate
indigenous
forest patches. In particular, other
endangered forest species or those
found in the neighbouring grasslands,
including
Samango
Monkeys
(Cercopithecus mitis), and Southern
Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
are recorded too. Interestingly, several
people reported Cape Vulture (Gyps
coprotheres), African Crowned Eagle
(Stephanoaetus
coronatus)
and
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
at various localities. Sadly, several
observers reported illegal logging and/
or hunting of wildlife while doing their
CPBBD observations.
As in past years, there were numerous
communities involved in the CPBBD.
This highlights the importance of the
CPBBD day in developing interest,
knowledge and hopefully conservation
awareness. It is an excellent way that
citizens can contribute to science.
Several
school
groups
assisted
observers in many of the rural areas.
Some scholars from Sonyongwana,
Newtonville and Ginyane schools
near Creighton even camped out
and assisted with observations. The
observers in the Langeni / Matiwane
Region area had a get together and
produced their 10th very detailed
report for their area (Mandla Mavalanji,
Alfred Mbiyo, Bertus Bouwer and Helen
Dalton, Indwe Security field rangers
and Starlight Security are thanked).
We are most grateful to all those who
participated in the CPBBD, particularly
the co-ordinators (Appendix 1) and
those volunteers who have participated
for many years. We continue to be
extremely grateful for the effort,
enthusiasm and continued support of
the co-ordinators. We are also grateful
for the contribution of Border Bird Club,
DAFF, DEAT, Rance Timbers, Sappi
and Mondi foresters, Indwe Security,
and Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism
Agency and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
officials (particularly those from Coleford
Nature Reserve), and the Armours who
host the University of KwaZulu-Natal
students near Ingeli.
School of Life Sciences, University of
KwaZulu-Natal, P/Bag X01, Scottsville,
3209, South Africa. Email: downs@
ukzn.ac.za
ie Kaapse Papegaai (Poicephalus
robustus)
is
die
enigste
papegaaispesie
endemies
tot
Suid-Afrika en is een van Suid-Afrika
se bedreigde voëls. Skead (1971) het
die vermindering in hul getalle sedert
Juvenile Cape Parrots feeding on pecan nuts near Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal in May 2014
die vroeë 1900’s, veral gedurende
die 1950’s, onder mense se aandag
gebring. In 1989 het Boshoff beraam
dat daar nie meer as 1000 van hulle in
die natuur oor is nie. Dit het die vrae laat
ontstaan of hierdie afname in getalle
die werklike situasie weerspieël en
tweedens hoeveel Kaapse Papegaaie
daar werklik in die natuur oor is. Omdat
die papegaaie se groen kleur hulle
moeilik sigbaar maak in die woude en
omdat hulle baie rondtrek agter kos aan,
werk die gewone voëlteltegnieke nie vir
hulle nie. Hulle word dus moeilik gesien
maar hul kenmerkende skril geskree
terwyl hulle vlieg, maak dat ‘n mens
hulle maklik in vlug kan opspoor. Hulle
is op hul aktiefste gedurende ‘n paar uur
in die vroeë oggend en laatmiddag. As
dit mistig is, is hierdie aktiewe tye langer
as gewoonlik. Dit is gedurende hierdie
tye dat hulle hul slaapplekke verlaat
en weer daarheen terugkeer. Hierdie
tipe gedrag maak dit moontlik om die
totale aantal papegaaie te tel. Op grond
hiervan is die ‘Cape Parrot Big Birding
Day (CPBBD)’ in 1998 aan die gang
gekry. Sedertdien is dit elke jaar gedoen
as deel van die bewaringspogings van
die Kaapse Papegaai Werkgroep.
Die doel van hierdie poging is om
‘n akkurate bepaling te maak van
die aantal papegaaie wat nog in die
natuur oor is en waar hulle voorkom.
Gedurende die afgelope aantal jare is
nooit meer as 1600 in die natuur getel
nie. (Downs et al. 2014). Die faktore
wat tot die verlies aan papegaaie lei is
nie oral dieselfde nie en die effek van
enige bepaalde faktor is ook nie oral
dieselfde nie. Faktore wat geïdentifiseer
is sluit in: die verlies aan of verandering
in hul woudhabitat, tekort aan kos en
A flock of juvenile Cape Parrots near Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal in May 2014
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Main areas covered by coordinators on the Cape Parrot Big Birding Day
neste, onwettige stroping, bek-enveersiekte. (PBFDV), en versnelde
klimaatsverandering.
Die Kaapse Papegaai, ‘n woudspesialis,
kom deesdae slegs voor in lappe
Afromontaan- en misbandwoude wat
strek vanaf Hogsback in die Ooskaap
tot die Balgowan- en Karkloofgebiede
van KwaZulu-Natal met ‘n afgesonderde
groep in die Magoebaskloofgebied
in die Limpopo provinsie. Hulle
voorkeurkossoort is die vruggies
van geelhoutbome maar omdat die
geelhoutbome net sporadies vruggies
dra is die papegaaie verplig om ander
voedselbronne te benut. Sekere tye
van die jaar wei hulle dus dikwels
op Proteas, in tuine en vrugteboorde
asook in woude aan die kusgebiede.
Die afwesigheid van papegaaie in ‘n
sekere woudgebied beteken dus nie
noodwendig dat hulle daar uitgesterf het
nie maar is waarskynlik te wyte aan die
afwesigheid van kos in daardie gebied.
As gevolg van die viering van 20 jaar
se demokrasie in Suid-Afrika is die 2014
telling uitgestel tot later in Meimaand.
Die telling vind gewoonlik plaas op ‘n
Saterdagaand en die Sondagoggend
wat daarop volg. Die rede vir die twee
tye is dat een van die twee tydgleuwe
dikwels vanweë mistigheid of reënweer
nie geskik is vir telling nie. Dit gee
ook die geleentheid vir ‘n oggend- en
aandtelling. Die grootste aantal wat
in een van die twee tye opgemerk is
word dan aanvaar as die maksimum
aantal papegaaie vir daardie spesifieke
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Some of the CPBBD observers in the Langeni / Matiwane Region area including Indwe
and Starlight Security field rangers
telpunt.
Papegaaie word in die Ooskaap, KZN
en die Limpopo Provinsie getel. Vanjaar
is 253 vrywilligers by 96 plekke in die
drie provinsies geplaas. In sommige
gebiede is swerms papegaaie wat op
Pekanneute (Carya illinoinensis) gewei
het, opgemerk. Ten spyte van swak
weerstoestande is daar 1133 papegaaie
gedurende Saterdagmiddag opgemerk
en 1148 gedurende Sondagoggend. Die
maksimum getal papegaaie wat in die
drie provinsies getel is, was 477 in KZN,
491 in die ou Transkei, 308 in die ou
Oostelike Provinsie en 35 in Limpopo.
Dit wil dus lyk asof daar op daardie
dag nog ten minste 1133 papegaaie in
die natuur oor was. Dit is min of meer
dieselfde getal as die maksimumgetal
van 1356 wat in 2013, toe die weer
ook nie saamgespeel het nie, getel
was. Die beraming vir beide jare is dus
heelwaarskynlik konserwatief. Die feit
dat die sensus later in die jaar gedoen
is het waarskynlik ook ‘n invloed op
die getalle gehad. Sondagoggend is
papegaaie by 61% van die telpunte
opgemerk terwyl die Saterdagmiddag
syfer 57% was. By telpunte waar daar
geen papegaaie opgemerk is nie was
daar wel voorheen papegaaie opgemerk
en hulle moet dus in die telproses behou
word al ervaar die tellers ‘n nul opgawe
as baie negatief.
‘n Interessante waarneming was die
groot aantal jong papegaaie wat in dele
van KZN en die Ooskaap opgemerk
is. By twee plekke is daar broeiende
papegaaie opgemerk. Dié waarnemings
dui daarop dat daar tog ‘n aanwas van
papegaaie is. Vanaf Umtata is daar ook
gerapporteer dat van die papegaaie
op Luisbos [ bugweed (Solanum
mauritianum)] gewei het. Dit is nog nooit
tevore gerapporteer nie. Daar is ook
gerapporteer dat Witborskraaie (Corvus
albus) en ook die Kaapse Swartkraaie
(C. capensis) die papegaaie baie gepla
het.
Die CPBBD dien ook om die belangrikheid
van
Suid-Afrika
se
inheemse
Afromontaan woude te beklemtoon.
Gelyktydig met die rapportering van
die papegaaie is ook gerapporteer
oor die teenwoordigheid van ander
bedreigde woud- en grasveldbewoners
soos die Samango ape (Cercopithecus
mitis) en Bromvoëls
(Bucorvus
leadbeateri). Wat interessant is, is dat
waarnemers op verskeie plekke ook
Kaapse Aasvoëls (Gyps coprotheres),
Kroonarende
(Stephanoaetus
coronatus)
en
Breëkoparende
(Polemaetus bellicosus) gerapporteer
het. Teleustellend is egter dat verskeie
waarnemers ook die onwettige afsaag
van bome en onwettige jagaktiwiteite
gerapporteer het.
Soos in vorige jare is daar verskeie
gemeenskappe betrokke by die CPBBD.
Dit beklemtoon die belangrike rol wat die
CPBBD speel om mense bewus te maak
van die belangrikheid van bewaring.
Dit help ook om belangstelling in
bewaring te skep en die gemeenskappe
se kennis oor hierdie aktiwiteit uit te
brei. Dit is ook ‘n uitstekende wyse
waarop landsburgers ‘n bydrae kan
maak tot wetenskaplike kennis. Verskeie skoolgroepe het die
waarnemers in verskeie landelike gebiede bygestaan. Daar was
selfs skoliere uit Sonyongwana, Newtonville en Ginyane naby
Creighton wat die nag by die waarnemingsposte uitgekamp
het en met die telproses gehelp het. Die waarnemers in die
Langeni / Matiwane gebied het ná die telling bymekaar gekom
en hul 10de gedetaileerde verslag vir hul gebied opgestel. Ons
bedank ook graag vir (Mandla Mavalanji, Alfred Mbiyo, Bertus
Bouwer, Helen Dalton, Indwe Security field rangers en Starlight
Security vir hul bystand. Ons bedank almal wat deelgeneem
het, veral die ko-ordineerders (Aanhangsel 1) en die vrywilligers
wat reeds vir baie jare deel van die span is. Die volgehoue
entoesiasme en ondersteuning van die getroue ko-ordineerders
is ook baie kosbaar. Ons dank gaan ook aan die bydrae van die
Border Bird Club, DAFF, DEAT, Rance Timbers, Sappi en Mondi
bosbouers, Indwe Security, die Ooskaap Parke en Toerisme
Agentskap en die Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife beamptes (veral dié
van die Coleford Nature Reserve) en die Armours van Ingeli wat
as gashere opgetree het vir die studente van die Universiteit
van KwaZulu-Natal.
Skool van Lewenswetenskappe, Universiteit van KwaZuluNatal, Privaatsak X01, Scottsville, 3209, Suid-Afrika. Epos:
[email protected]
A new A1 poster highlighting aspects of the Cape Parrot are available from
Prof CT Downs. Please contact her +27-332605127 or +27-829202026; email
[email protected] for copies
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Te koop: HOK-B-1: 1-0 Lesser Sulphur crested
(mature, s/s) R4 500.00 each; 1-0 Umbrella (2008,
s/s, c/b, scruffy) R4 800.00 each; HOK-B-7: 1-0
Bare-eyed (2009, s/s, c/b, plucked) R900.00
each; 1-0 Medium Sulphur crested (mature, s/s,
2 nails off, wing feathers bitten) R3 500.00 each;
HOK-B-9: 1-0 Ducorp (2001, s/s, c/b) R3 000.00
each; HOK-B-13: 1-1 Medium Sulphur Crested
(mature, s/s, c/b, 8+- years old, f scruffy) R12
000.00 p/p; 1-0 Bare eyed (mature, s/s, c/b) R2
500.00 each; HOK-B-19: 1-0 Bare eyed (mature,
s/s, 2 nails chest scruffy) R1 800.00 each;
HOK-B-22: 1-0 Goffin (mature) R2 500.00 each.
Kontak Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@
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Wanted: Cockatiels: Albino / White Face only Pearl
/ Pied. Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/
Whatsapp) / [email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Bare Eyed Cockatoo R5 000.00. All
above birds are mature and / or breeding. Contact
Nicci on 083 230 6419 / [email protected]
(Benoni area)
october 2014
For sale: 1-1 Galah (have not yet bred) R9 000.00.
Contact JP Nel on 082 770 2937 / nelhermon@
gmail.com (Hermon, Western Cape)
Te koop: HOK-C-1: 1-0 All green (mature, s/s)
R700.00 each; 1-0 White eyed (mature, s/s)
R700.00 each; HOK-C-9: 1-1 Red fronted
(mature, s/s) R1 200.00 p/p; 1-0 Blue headed
(2012, s/s) R400.00 each; HOK-C-11: 0-1 Blue
Greencheek (mature, s/s) R1000.00 each; 2-0
Yellow sided Greencheek (2013, s/s) R450.00
each; 1-0 Greencheek (2013, s/s, c/b) R100.00
each; 1-1 brpr Blue throated (s/s-x1-c/b, F-chest
scruffy) R1 600.00 p/p; HOK-C-12: 1-1 Nandays
(2013, s/s, c/b) R300.00 each; 1-0 Green cheeks
(2007, s/s, c/b, scruffy) R100.00 each; 0-1 Blue
throated (mature, s/s, plucked) R400.00 each;
1-1 Blue throated (mature, s/s-x1-c/b, plucked)
R700.00 p/p; 1-1 Waglers (mature, s/s) R1 200.00
p/p; 2-0 Hoffman’s (2013, s/s, c/b) R450.00 each;
1-0 Blue headed (mature, s/s, 1 nail off) R300.00
each; HOK-C-13: 0-2 Mitred (mature, s/s, wing
& tail feathers bitten) R400.00 each; HOK-C-17:
0-1 Nandays (2007, s/s, c/b) R450.00 each; 1-1
brpr Nandays (2002, c/b, 2 nails off) R850.00 p/p;
HOK-C-22: 1-1 Blue headed (2005/2008, x2-s/
sx4-c/b x3-1 nail off) R700.00 p/p; 3-0 Blue headed
(2005/2008, s/s, c/b) R300.00 each; HOK-C-29:
1-1 brpr Queen’s Bavaria’s (2006, s/s, c/b, slightly
plucked) R20 000.00 p/p. Kontak Elwin Strachan
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Wanted: 1-0 Show Budgie (must be young,
healthy for breeding purposes, preferably blue,
Violet or white. Must be show quality). Contact
Paula Gouws on 079 877 2312 / paulagouws@
yahoo.com
Wanted: Variety of Cockatoo Babies. Contact Mac
on 074 997 1180 / [email protected]
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checked, ringed and wild); 1-0 Sulphur Crested
Cockatoo (6-8 years old. Must be vet checked,
ringed and wild); 0-1 Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
(6-8 years old. Must be vet checked, ringed and
wild). Contact Maurché Snyman on 022 125 0034
/ 082 070 0057 / [email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Yellow Sided Conure R700.00; 1-1
Turquoise Green Cheek Conures R1 000.00; 1-1
Green Cheek Conure R300.00. All above birds are
mature and / or breeding. Contact Nicci on 083 230
6419 / [email protected] (Benoni area)
For sale: 2-2 Jenday Conure R700.00; 0-0-1
Jenday Conure R350.00. Contact JP Nel on
082 770 2937 / [email protected] (Hermon,
Western Cape)
Wanted: Sun Conures / Any Type of Conures / Any
Age. Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/
Whatsapp) / [email protected]
For sale: Unrelated pairs of Crimson Belly (parents
new bloodstock to S.A. and prolific breeders) Pairs
still to colour-up (up to 6months old) R2 450.00
p/p. Odd birds sometimes available. Contact
Eddie Hughes on 021 782 3792 / 082 555 0256 /
[email protected] (Fish Hoek)
DOVES, FINCHES & SOFTBILLS
Te koop: HOK-G-20: 3-3 Strawberries (2014) R1
100.00 p/p; 4-4 Gorden-blues (2014) R550.00 p/p;
1-4 Kanaries R200.00 each; 0-0-3 Bronz kanarie
R250.00 each; 0-0-1 Crested kanarie R200.00
each; 4-4 Cherry-finch (2014) R450.00 p/p; 5-0
Cherry-finch (2014) R120.00 each; 1-1 Jacarinis
(2014, male slightly skew foot) R350.00 p/p; 0-3
Jacarinis (2014) R200.00 each; 1-1 Black-white
Mannikin (2014) R550.00 p/p; 1-1 Grass-finch
(2014) R450.00 p/p; 1-1 Fawn x White Grassfinch (2014) R550.00 p/p; 0-1 Fawn grass-finch
(2014) R250.00 each; 0-1 Black-headed Nun
(2014) R250.00 each; 1-0 Blue-headed Parrot
finch (2014, slightly skew beak) R100.00 each;
0-1 Red-headed Auroras (2012) R400.00 each;
4-5 African Silverbill’s (2013) R100.00 each; 0-3
Zebra finches (2014) R20.00 each; HOK-G-17:
1-1 Yellow-bellied fruit pigeons (2013, s/s) R4
200.00 p/p; HOK-G-23: 0-0-8 Fancy pigeons
(2013) R40.00 each; HOK-G-26: 2-2 Zebra doves
(2014, s/s) R280.00 p/p; 1-0 Moucas dove (2014)
R150.00 each; 3-3 Indiese greenwing wood
dove (2014) R650.00 p/p; 2-2 Diamond dove
(2014) R120.00 p/p; 1-1 Pied x White turtledove
(2013) R450.00 p/p; 1-0 Indiese greenwing wood
dove (2013) R250.00 each; HOK-G-27: 4-4 brpr
Australian Crested doves (mature, s/s) R1 400.00
p/p; 0-3 Australian Crested doves (mature, s/s)
R800.00 each; 1-1 brpr Bronze-necked doves (s/s)
R650.00 p/p; 0-1 Bronze-necked doves (2014, s/s)
R350.00 p/p; HOK-G-28: 5-5 Australian Crested
doves (2013/2014, s/s) R1 400.00 p/p; 8-8 Indiese
greenwing wood dove (2013/2014) R750.00 p/p;
1-0 Indiese greenwing wood dove (2014) R300.00
each; HOK-G-29: 2-2 Burmese turtle doves (2013)
R120.00 p/p; 1-0 Peruvian doves (2013) R80.00
each; HOK-G-30: 1-1 Mexican Blue-eyed doves
(2013) R2 800.00 p/p; 1-0 Burmese turtle doves
(2013) R60.00 each; 1-1 American cinnamon
dove (2013) R180.00 p/p; 7-7 Peruvian doves
(2013) R300.00 p/p; 2-0 Peruvian doves (2013)
R100.00 each; 2-0 Madagascar doves (2013)
R200.00 each; HOK-G-31: 5-5 Pasarina doves
(2013) R450.00 p/p; 1-1 Burmese turtle doves
(2014) R120.00 p/p; 1-0 Burmese turtle doves
(2014) R50.00 each; 1-0 Diamond dove (2014)
R60.00 each; 3-3 American cinnamon dove (2013)
R150.00 p/p; 0-1 American cinnamon dove (2013)
R80.00 each; S-A-BIRDS: 10-10 Orange-breasted
Waxbill / Rooiassies (2014) R350.00 p/p; 0-0-7
Cape-canaries / Kaapse kanaries (2013) R150.00
each; 4-4 Green-winged pytilia / Gewone Melba
(2014) R300.00 p/p; 0-0-4 Black-faced waxbill /
Swartwangsysie (2014) R200.00 each; 5-5 Redbilled firefinch / Rooibekvuurvinkie (2014) R250.00
p/p; 0-0-5 Black-throated canary / Berg kanaries
(2014) R70.00 each; 1-1 brpr Emerald-spotted
wood dove / Groenvlekduifie R850.00 p/p; 0-0-1
Emerald-spotted wood dove / Groenvlekduifie
(2014) R300.00 each; 1-0 Namaqua dove /
Namakwaduifie (2014) R180.00 each; 3-3
Tambourine dove / Witborsduifie (2014) R850.00
p/p; 2-0 Tambourine dove / Witborsduifie (2014)
R250.00 each; 0-0-10 Red-backed mannikin /
Rooirugfret (2013) R100.00 each; 4-1 Red-headed
finch / Rooikop vink (2013) R80.00 each; 6-6 Cutthroat finch / Bandkeel vink (2013) R150.00 p/p;
4-4 Scaly-feathered finch / Baartmanetjies (2013)
R140.00 p/p; 12-12 Blue waxbill / Blou-sysies
(2013) R200.00 p/p; 2-2 Red-billed Hornbill /
Rooibekneushoringvoel (2013) R1800.00 p/p; 1-1
Namaqua Sandgrouse / Kelkiewyn (2013) R 1
250.00 p/p; 1-0 Namaqua Sandgrouse / Kelkiewyn
(2013) R450.00 each. Kontak Elwin Strachan
by 082 454 0381 / [email protected] / www.
esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
Wanted: 0-1 Wit Bont Kransduif URGENT; 2-0
Laceneck doves; 0-2 Black-billed Wood Doves.
Contact Marthen Scorgie on 083 239 9130
(Harrismith)
For sale: African Silver Bills R70.00 p/p; Java
Sparrows; Black and white R70.00 p/p; Fawn and
white R100.00 p/p. Prices negotiable. Contact
Trudie / Hannes on 082 820 7271 / 082 457 3141 /
[email protected]
Te koop: 2-0 Europese Woudduiwe (s/s, 2014
kuikens) R1 750.00 elk; 1-0 Common bronswing
R1 750.00 elk; 1-1 Pied Imperial Duiwe (s/s) R7
500.00 p/p; 0-1 Wonga Pigeon (s/s) R5 000.00 elk;
1-1 Black Nopped Imperial (s/s) R5 000.00 p/p; 0-2
Bloukop Duiwe (s/s, h/r, 2014 kuikens) R4 000.00
elk; 0-3 Blou Grondduiwe R1 000.00 elk; 1-0
Ashy Wood Pigeon (s/s) R2 500.00; 2-0 Jamaica
Grondduiwe (s/s) R5 000.00 elk; 2-2 Zebra Duiwe
(s/s) R250.00 p/p; 5-5 Diamand Duiwe R100.00
p/p; 2-0 Laceneck Duiwe R150.00 elk; 2-0 Cinn
Kaneel Duiwe R150.00 elk; 1-1 Spectacled Duiwe
(s/s) R1 200.00 p/p; 1-1 Mexi Blue Eye (s/s)
R3 000.00 p/p; 0-1 Indiese Groenvlerk Duiwe
R350.00 elk; 1-1 Silwer Diamand Duiwe R250.00
p/p; 2-2 Peruvian Duiwe R250.00 p/p; 1-1 Pigmee
R200.00 p/p; 1-1 Mougus Duiwe (s/s) R450.00
p/p. Kontak Henk Naberman by 072 733 5442
(Pretoria)
Wanted: Fancy Pigeons. Contact Mac on 074 997
1180 (Call/SMS/Whatsapp) / salovepets@gmail.
com
Finch enthusiasts, both novices and advanced
breeders, will enjoy Part 2 and Part 3 in the
internationally acclaimed DVD series Birdkeeping
the South African way. Part 2 titled “The Finches
of Africa” will show you more than 70 of Africa and
South Africa’s finch species and what it takes to
breed these magnificent little birds. This DVD
sells for R285. Part 3 titled “Keeping Finches” will
show the breeding facilities of 4 prominent SA
finch breeders as well as more than 50 Australian,
European and African finch species. This DVD will
also give you a valuable guide on how to breed
each of these magnificent finch species. This DVD
sells for R 285. Prices are inclusive of VAT and
postage. Orders can be sent to Eelco Meyjes at
[email protected] or phone 082 457 4936 or
buy online from www.birdkeeper.co.za
Support Finch Conservation. Find out more about
what the Rare Finch Conservation Group (RFCG)
is doing up in Uganda by purchasing the exciting
new DVD documentary “Searching for Shelley’s
finches amongst Africa’s Mountain Gorillas”. The
Shelley’s Crimsonwing finch is one of Africa’s
rarest finches and this fundraising DVD shows the
remarkable story of how the RFCG is overcoming
enormous logistical and financial hurdles to save
this bird from extinction. The DVD sells for R245
and can be purchased on line from www.rarefinch.
co.za or contact Eelco Meyjes on 082 457 4936 for
more information.
Softbill enthusiasts, both novices and advanced
breeders, will enjoy and learn a lot from the world’s
first DVD on Softbills. This recently released double
disc DVD titled “Keeping and Breeding Softbills” is
Part 5 in the internationally acclaimed DVD series
Birdkeeping the South African way. You will see
more than 85 softbill species and three of SA’s
most successful softbill breeders - Mossie Webber,
William Horsfield and Graeme Hoffman all share
their phenomenal expertise in terms of what it
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softbill species. This 154 minute double disc DVD
sells for R365. The price is inclusive of VAT and
postage. Orders can be sent to Eelco Meyjes at
[email protected] or phone 082 457 4936 or
buy online from www.birdkeeper.co.za
The Shelley’s Crimsonwing finch is one of the
rarest finches in Africa. Visit the Rare Finch
Conservation Group Blog at http://rarefinch.
wordpress.com/ and find out what we are doing,
on an up-to-the-minute basis, to try and save this
species from probable extinction. You will also see
a 6 minute YouTube video clip of our internationally
acclaimed fund raising documentary “Searching
for Shelley’s finches amongst Africa’s Mountain
Gorilla’s”. This is what David Dennison had to say
about the new documentary, “We were treated to
the most fantastic 60 minutes of multidisciplinary
conservation effort that one can imagine ...this
DVD is worth every cent of its purchase price”.
Support finch conservation work. For more
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GAMEBIRDS, PHEASANTS & WATERFOWL
Wanted: 0-2 Ruddy Ducks; 1-0 Silver or white
Carolina; 1-1 Silver Pheasant or a male; 10-10
Mandarin; 1-1 young pair Coscaroba Swans; 1-1
Gray jungle fowl; 1-1 Green jungle fowl. Contact
Errol-George on 078 915 9217 / errolgeorge.
[email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Marabou Storks R40 000.00; 1-1
West African Crown Cranes R35 000.00. Contact
Scott Gelder on 076 810 8013 / raredleg@iafrica.
com
Te koop: KAMP-1: 1-2 White Museovy (2013)
R250.00 trio; 1-2 White Museovy (2013) R250.00
trio; KAMP-4: 1-2 Bar-headed Goose (2012) R5
000.00 trio; KAMP-5: 0-1 Common/European
Shelduck (2013) R800.00 each; 3-3 Marble teal
(2013) R850.00 p/p; KAMP-6: 1-1 Indian-runners
(2013) R450.00 p/p; 1-0 Indian-runners (2013)
R150.00 each; KAMP-8: 0-1 Grey-teal (2013)
R900.00 each; 3-3 Rosy-billed Pochard (2013)
R850.00 p/p; HOK-K-14: 0-2 Arabic Partridge
(2013, s/s) R1 200.00 each; HOK-K-17: 2-2 Stone
Partridge (2013, s/s, c/b) R950.00 p/p; HOK-K-23:
1-1 Bantam Chickens R150.00 p/p; 1-1 Hamburg
Bantams chickens R350.00 p/p; HOK-K-24: 1-1
Chamio Polish Bantams (2013) R350.00 p/p;
HOK-K-25: 1-1 Hamburg Bantam Chickens (2013)
R350.00 p/p; 1-1 Red-thrill x Black Bantam (2013)
R250.00 p/p; 1-1 White x Black Bantam (2013)
R120.00 p/p; HOK-C-24-25: 2-2 Bob-white quail
(2013, Cage-Bred) R450.00 p/p; 5-0 Bob-white
quail (2013, Cage-Bred) R150.00 each; 6-6
Chinese quail (2013, Cage-Bred) R100.00 p/p; 3-3
Singing quail (2014, Cage-Bred) R350.00 p/p; 2-0
Singing quail (2013, Cage-Bred) R100.00 each;
HOK-B-26: 10-10 Red-breasted Chinese Quail
(2014) R550.00 p/p; HOK-K-26-27: 1-1 Black &
White Bantams R150.00 p/p; 1-0 White Bantam
R50.00 each; HOK-K-30: 1-0 Siamese fireback
Pheasant (2013, skew toes) R400.00 each;
HOK-K-32: 1-1 Jarmain peacock Pheasant (2013)
R7 500.00 p/p; HOK-K-33: 1-1 Mountain peacock
Pheasant (2013, f-Skew toes) R6 500.00 p/p;
HOK-K-34: 1-1 Golden Pheasant (2013) R850.00
p/p; HOK-K-36: 1-0 Black-pekin chickens (2012)
R50.00 each; HOK-K-38: 1-1 Sea-bright pattern
Polish Bantams (2013) R450.00 p/p; HOK-K-39:
2-0 Seabright silver brown (2013) R150.00 each;
HOK-K-40: 0-0-29 Guineafowls (2013) R180.00
each; 8-0 Turkeys (2013) R180.00 each. Kontak
Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@esbirds.
co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
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For sale: 6-6 Singing Quails (Dactylortyx
theracicus) (p/r, ready to breed) R150.00 p/p.
Contact Frank Spahr on 044 692 0251 / 079 253
9510 / [email protected]
Wanted: 0-1 Mute Swan; 1-0 adult Mute
Swan. Contact Erika Swart on 082 774 3687 /
[email protected]
Wanted: Breeder of White Pea Fowl in Northern
Cape or Free State. Contact Bonny Sonnenberg
on 082 829 5573
Te koop; 1-1 Steen Patryse (s/s) R750.00; 2-0
Steen Patryse (s/s) R250.00 elk; 25-0 Chinese
Kwartels volwasse R15.00 elk; 5-5 Rooibors
Chinese Kwartels; 1-1 Singende Kwartels R150.00
p/p. Kontak Henk Naberman by 072 733 5442
(Pretoria)
Wanted: 1-1 White mandarin; 1-1 White Carolina;
1-1 Cinnamon Carolina; 1-1 Maned Wood Duck;
1-1 Ringed Teal; 1-1 Baikal Teal; 1-1 Brazillian
Teal; 1-0 North American Ruddy duck; 1-1 Blue
Billed ruddy duck; 1-1 Northern pintail. Contact
Stephan De Villiers on 081 029 4666 / 083 321
8074 / [email protected]
Wanted: 1-1 Swinhoe pheasant; 1-1 Lady Amhurst
Pheasant; 1-1 Roul Roul partidge. Contact Gert on
072 434 8573 / [email protected]
Wanted: 2 white swans. Contact Suzanne on 082
960 6337 / [email protected]
For sale: 0-0-6 Mallard Ducks. Contact Simon on
082 575 2511 / [email protected]
Te koop: Chinese Painted quails R 20.00 elk.
Kontak Hannes du Plessis by 082 713 2178 /
[email protected]
Wanted: 1-0 Blackneck swan (18 months or older).
Contact Eliphas on 079 893 6383 / info@rugare.
co.za (Vanderbijlpark)
Wanted: Variety of Ducks / Swans & Pheasants.
Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 / salovepets@
gmail.com
Wanted: 0-1 Mute Swan (2-3 year old). Contact
Erika Swart on 082 774 3687 / erikajswart@gmail.
com
For sale: Whooper males (1 year old) R7 000.00
each. Contact Erika Swart on 082 774 3687 /
[email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Mottled Pekins (show quality)
R400.00 p/p. Contact Gert on 082 457 4782 / gert.
[email protected]
For sale: Brahma chickens - partridge, dark, light,
Columbian; Cochins - black, white, cuckoo, blue;
Leghorns - black, white, blue, brown, cuckoo,
silver, exchequer; Peking bantams - black, buff,
white, lavender, cuckoo, light columbian, partridge,
blue, mottled. Contact Mervyn Ackermann on 072
445 1323 / [email protected]
INDIAN RINGNECKS
Te koop: HOK-1: 1-0 Green/blue/pied (2013,
DNA/s, c/b) R200.00 each; 1-0 WHWT (2013,
DNA/s, c/b) R1 250.00 each; 0-2 Green/YHYT/
blue (2013, DNA/s, c/b) R250.00 each; 1-0 Blue
(2013, s/s, c/b) R200.00 each; 1-0 YHYT (2013,
DNA/s, c/b) R1 200.00 each; HOK-4: 2-1 Cobalt/
WHWT (2013, s/s, c/b) R800.00 each; 0-1 Cobalt-
turq/WHWT (2013, s/s, c/b) R700.00 each; 0-1
Grey (2013, s/s-x1-c/b) R200.00 each; HOK-5:
0-1 Cobalt-turq (2013, s/s, c/b) R500.00 each;
HOK-7: 1-1 brpr Cobalt-turq (2002/2009, s/s, c/b,
male few wing feathers bitten) R1 800.00 p/p;
0-1 Cobalt-turq (2012, s/s) R700.00 each; HOK8: 0-1 Turq/dilute (2013, s/s, c/b) R300.00 each;
1-0 Blue-edge/dilute (2013, s/s, c/b) R400.00
each; 0-1 Blue-WHWT/? Lutino (2013, s/s, c/b)
R1 000.00 each; 4-0 Cobalt-WHWT (2013, s/s,
c/b) R1 200.00 each; 0-1 Blue/pied (2013, s/s, c/b)
R350.00 each; 0-1 Turq-Edge/?-dilute (2012, s/s,
c/b) R400.00 each; 0-1 Grey-turq Edge/? Dilute
(2012, s/s, c/b) R400.00 each; 2-1 Turq-cobalt
(2013, s/s, c/b) R900.00 each; 0-2 Cobalt-turq/
dilute (2011, s/s, c/b) R750.00 each; 1-0 Blue-turq
Suffuse (2012, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00 each; 0-1 Grey
Suffuse (2012, s/s) R900.00 each; HOK-9: 1-0
YHYT (2012, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00 each; 0-2 YHYT
(2013, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00 each; 0-1 Cobalt (2013,
s/s, c/b) R800.00 each; HOK-10: 2-0 Cobalt/pos
opaline (2013, s/s) R1 000.00 each; 1-1 brpr Greysuffuse x Blue suffuse (2005/2009, s/s, c/b, m-nail
off) R1 800.00 p/p; HOK-11: 1-0 Grey-suffuse
(2013, s/s, c/b) R600.00 each; 2-0 Cobalt/WHWT
(2013, s/s) R1 200.00 each; HOK-13: 1-1 Blueturq/WHWT (2013, s/s, c/b) R350.00 each; 1-1
Blue-turq WHWT (2013, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00 each;
HOK-14: 1-0 Blue (2013, s/s, c/b) R250.00 each;
1-0 WHWT (2013, s/s, c/b) R1 200.00 each; 0-1
Yellow (2013, s/s, wings tip amputated) R200.00
each; 0-1 Blue-lacewing (2013, s/s, one leg scruffy)
R80.00 each; HOK-15: 0-1 Blue/pied (2009, c/b)
R450.00 each; HOK-16: 1-1 brpr Cobalt/buttercup
x Blue-turq buttercup (2004/2007, s/s, c/b, f-2
nails off) R1 800.00 p/p; 0-4 Blue (2013, s/s, c/b)
R200.00 each; 0-2 Green/lutino (2002, s/s, c/b)
R100.00 each; 0-1 YHYT (2013, s/s) R900.00
each; 1-0 YHYT (2013, s/s, c/b) R900.00 each; 1-0
Grey-turq (2013, s/s, c/b) R200.00 each; HOK-18:
0-1 Grey/lutino (mature, 2 nails off) R250.00 each;
0-1 Yellow (mature, s/s, 2 nails 2 toes off) R200.00
each; HOK-21: 0-1 White (mature, s/s) R500.00
each; 0-1 Cobalt (2012, s/s, c/b) R800.00 each.
Kontak Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@
esbirds.co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
For sale: 0-1 Blue WHWT (2013) R900.00; 0-1
Violet Turquoise Pied (2013) R2 800.00; 1-1 Violet
Cobalt / WHWT (2013) R2 200.00. Contact AC
Collett of Fortuna Birds on 083 557 2323 / ac@
gcpb.co.za (Bloemfontein)
For sale: 1-0 Blue Mature (Wing feathers busy
regrowing) R200.00. Contact Gerhard of Prestige
Parrots in Bethlehem on 083 307 8086
Wanted: Variety of Ringnecks. Contact Mac on
074 997 1180 / [email protected]
Te koop: 2013: 2-0 Blou turq/Opaline R3 000.00
elk. Kassies en vervoer uitgesluit. Kontak Pieter
Jacobs by 083 406 0747 (De Aar)
For sale: 4-4 Ringnecks R500.00; 0-0-7 Ringnecks
R200.00 each. Contact JP Nel on 082 770 2937 /
[email protected] (Hermon, Western Cape)
For sale: 1-2 Blue; Blue Green and Grey Green
R500 for all 3. Contact Clarissa on 084 585 0226 /
[email protected]
Wanted: Adult Pairs / Youngsters: Any colours &
mutations. Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/
SMS/Whatsapp) / [email protected]
LORIKEETS
For sale: 1 x Rainbow Lorikeet R1 250.00. Contact
Scott Gelder on 076 810 8013 / raredleg@iafrica.
com
Wanted: Variety of Lorikeets. Contact Mac on 074
997 1180 / [email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Yellow streaks (2013) R3 800.00
p/p; 1-0 Yellow streak (mature bird, good condition
and excellent breeder) R2 000.00; 1-0 Swainsons
(2013). Transport and crates excluded from Cape
Town. Contact Adi Badenhorst on 082 373 5038 /
[email protected]
Wanted: Any type of Lories / Any Age / Any
Quantity. Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/
SMS/Whatsapp) / [email protected]
LOVEBIRDS
For sale: 4-4 Lutino Fischer Opaline R6 000.00
each. Box and freight will be an additional
R200.00. Contact Ajanita Norris on 076 660 6724 /
[email protected] (Eastern Cape)
For sale: 0-0-8 Lutino Opaline Roseicollis R450.00
ea; 0-0-1 Creamino R600.00. Birds are to be
fetched, no freight. Contact Stephanie on 072 628
7965 / [email protected]
Wanted: 1-0 Taranta (any color, c/b, not older
than 3 years, all nails and toes). Contact Wilhelm
Rigaardt on 081 863 2620
Te koop: HOK-R-5 / FISHERS / ROSEICOLLIS:
0-0-1 Blue/pastel Fisher (2014, c/b) R300.00 each;
0-0-2 Blue Fisher (2014, c/b) R300.00 each; 0-01 Cobalt Fisher (2014, c/b) R350.00 each; 0-0-2
Red-headed Green Opaline (2014, c/b) R400.00
each; 0-0-1 Orange-headed Green Opaline (2014,
c/b) R350.00 each; HOK-R-7 / FISHERS / MASK /
ROSEICOLLIS: 1-1 Lutino Roseicollis (2011/2010,
s/s, c/b) R500.00 p/p; 1-0 Red-head Green-edge
Opaline-rosy (2014, s/s, c/b) R500.00 each; 1-0
Orange-head Green-Opaline-rosy (2013, s/s)
R350.00 each; 3-1 Green Fishers (2014/2013,
s/s, female 2013) R200.00 each. Kontak Elwin
Strachan by 082 454 0381 / [email protected] /
www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
For sale: 0-0-4 Lutino opaline O/H R450.00 each;
0-0-7 Yellow DEC R400.00 each; 0-0-10 White
DEC R450.00 each. Contact Pieter on 082 680
0377 / [email protected] (Northwest area)
For sale: 0-0-4 Lutino opaline O/H R450.00 each;
0-0-7 Yellow DEC R400.00 each; 0-0-10 White
DEC R450.00 each; Northwest area. Contact
Pieter on 082 680 0377 / [email protected]
Gesoek: Geel en Pied Rosyface Lovebirds. Kontak
Andre by 083 226 8397 / [email protected]
For sale: 0-1 DD Blue Parblue Fischer (2014,
c/b, DNA/s) R20 000.00. Travel costs excluded.
Contact Botha Voelboerdery: Franco on 082 264
9000 / Christof on 082 439 9693 (Wolmaransstad,
Noord-Wes)
Te koop: ROSEICOLLIS: 0-0-7 DF violet/
Albino/*blou* R500.00 elk; 1-1 brpr Darkgreen
Violet dilute edges/*blou* R1 000.00 p/p.
Kontak Franco van Deventer by 072 623 2488 /
[email protected]
For sale: 0-0-12 Opaline Green R/H Roseicollis
R150.00 ea. Contact Basie Basson, Darling on
082 876 3274 / [email protected]
Te koop: 0-0-4 Lutino opaline O/H roseicollis
(Jan 2014 kuikens) R450.00 elk; 1-1 brpr Groen
Recessive pied roseicollis R1 600.00 p/p. Kontak
Pieter by 082 680 0377 / [email protected]
Wanted: Fischers Lovebirds (all colours); Fischers
White & Yellow; Personata (any colour). Contact
Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/Whatsapp) /
[email protected]
MACAWS
Te koop: 0-0-2 Blou en Goud Macaws (2013) R7
000.00. Kontak Wilna Coetzee by 082 576 7697 /
[email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Yellow collared macaws (2013, p/r,
s/s, c/b, h/r) R6 000.00 p/p; 0-3 Yellow collared
macaws (2013, s/s, c/b, h/r) R3 000.00 each.
Contact Brett on 082 653 1970
Te koop: BABY & PET BIRDS: 1-0 Severe Macaw
(2014, s/s, c/b, tamed) R3 000.00 each; 0-0-2
Baby Senegals (2014, c/b) R600.00 each. Kontak
Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@esbirds.
co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
Te koop: HOK-A-1: 1-1 Blue & Gold Mature (s/s,
female chest feathers scruffy) R23 000.00 p/p;
HOK-K-1: 0-1 Blue & Gold (2012, s/s, c/b) R8
500.00 each; HOK-K-4: 1-0 Illiger (2013, s/s,
c/b) R1 200.00 each; HOK-K-6: 2-0 Illiger (2013,
s/s, c/b, Skruffy) R1 200.00 each; HOK-K-11: 2-0
Hahn’s (2013, s/s, c/b) R600.00 each; HOK-K-12:
1-1 Severe (2010, s/s, c/b, f-tail feathers bitten
can’t fly) R4 000.00 p/p; HOK-K-13: 1-1 Severe
(2012, s/s, c/b, tail feathers bitten) R4 800.00 p/p;
1-0 Hahn’s (2012, s/s, c/b) R700.00 each; 4-0
Hahn’s (mature, s/s) R700.00 each; HOK-K-14:
1-0 Yellow collared (2013, s/s, wing tail feathers
bitten) R2 500.00 each; 1-0 Yellow collared (2013,
s/s, c/b) R2 500.00 each; HOK-K-15: 1-0 Severe
(2011, s/s) R2 500.00 each; HOK-K-16: 1-1 Severe
(2013, s/s, c/b) R4 200.00 p/p; 1-0 Severe (2013,
s/s, c/b) R2 000.00 each; HOK-K-17: 2-2 Severe
(2012, s/s, c/b, wing feathers bitten) R4 000.00
p/p; 0-3 Severe (2012, s/s, c/b, wing feathers
bitten) R1 800.00 each; 1-0 Severe (2002, s/s, c/b)
R2 200.00 each; 0-1 Severe (2013, s/s, c/b, wing
feathers bitten) R1 800.00 each; 1-0 Hahn’s (2013,
s/s) R600.00 each; HOK-K-19: 2-0 Red-bellied
(mature, s/s) R3 000.00 each; 1-0 Hahn’s (mature,
s/s) R650.00 each; 1-0 Hahn’s (mature, s/s, skew
leg) R200.00 each; HOK-K-31: 1-1 Illiger’s (2013,
s/s, c/b) R2 500.00 p/p; 1-0 Illiger’s (2013, s/s, c/b)
R1 200.00 each. Kontak Elwin Strachan by 082
454 0381 / [email protected] / www.esbirds.
co.za (Bloemfontein)
Te koop: 0-1 Greenwing macaw (8jr oud) R14
000.00. Kontak Annamarie Scheepers by 072 500
4055 / [email protected]
Wanted: Blue and Gold; Greenwing. Handreared
for export. Contact Andre Wienekus on 083 226
8397 / 011 475 6776 / andrejw@discoverymail.
co.za
Breeding & Exhibition of
SHOW BUDGIES
MOLKENTIN STUD
Pretoria East, M30 Garsfontein Road Ext,
BASHEWA
Wanted: 1-0 Hahn’s Macaw (female is 4 years
old). Contact Rulize de Klerk on 083 215 6628 /
[email protected]
For sale: 1-1 Illigers (2013) R2 250.00; 2-0 Illigers
(2013) R1 000.00 each. Contact Gerhard of
Prestige Parrots on 083 307 8086 (Bethlehem)
Wanted: URGENT: 1-4 Military Macaw. Contact
Manuel De Freitas on 042 243 2075 / defreitas1@
retail.spar.co.za
Contact Reinhard 079 425 9832
OR Holger 082 054 2288
or per email rmolkentin@gmailcom
GPS: S25.90513 E028.43426
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Wanted: Variety of Macaw Babies. Contact Mac on
074 997 1180 / [email protected]
Wanted: Blue & gold Macaw. Contact Yvette on
[email protected]
Wanted: 1-0 Scarlet Macaw (6-8 years old, Vet
Checked, wild and ringed); 0-1 Scarlet Macaw
(6-8 years old, Vet Checked, wild and ringed); 1-0
Green Wing Macaw (± 6 years old, Vet Checked,
wild and ringed); 0-1 Green Wing Macaw (± 6
years old, Vet Checked, wild and ringed). Contact
Maurché Snyman on 022 125 0034 / 082 070 0057
/ [email protected]
Gesoek: 0-1-2 Dringend gesoek; 0-2 Greenwing
Macaw (ongeveer 8 tot 10 jaar oud, broei
gereed, verkieslik deur Kingsley geseks, gering
om ouderdom te bewys). Kontak Hardus Van
Zyl by 081 043 4288 / [email protected]
(Pietersburg)
Wanted: Blue & Gold / Green Wing Macaws
(h/r). Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/
Whatsapp) / [email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS
For sale: 3 x Brinsea Brooder TLC-5 R3 400.00 ea;
3 x Brinsea Octagon 20 Incubator with auto turn
cradle R2 200.00. Contact Willy Cocquyt on 082
372 2655 / [email protected]
Te koop: Italian Greyhounds R800.00 Each.
(4 males, 2 weeks old, make early booking.
Ideal for catching rats, mice, snakes, meerkats
etc; WELDED MESH GALVANISED AFTER
WELDING-30M ROLLS: 3x 25 x 50 x 2.5 x 1830
R4 400.00 each; 1x 25 x 50 x 1200 x 2.5 R2 850.00
each; 8x 12 x 25 x 2 x 1.830 R4 400.00 each; 10x
25 x 25 x 2 x 1830 R3 100.00 each; 3x 25 x 25 x
2.5 x 1.200 R3 400.00 each; 2x 25 x 25 x 2 x 1.200
R2 150.00 each; 2x 25 x 25 x 2 x .900 R1 650.00
each; 2x 25 x 25 x 1.6 x 1.200 R1 600.0 each; 2x
25 x 25 x 1.6 x .900 R1 250.00 each; 7x 25 x 25
x 1.6 x 1.830 R2 300.00 each; 2x 12 X 25 X 1.6
X 1.830 R3 200.00 each; 2x 12 X 25 X 2 X 1.200
R3 000.00 each; 1x 12 x 25 x 2 x .900 R2 350.00
each; 2x 12 X 25 X 1.6 X 1.200 R2 150.00 each;
2x 12 X 25 X 1.6 X .900 R1 850.00 each; 1x 6 X 6
X .900 R750.00 each; 1x 6 X 6 X 1.200 R950.00
each; 3x Hexagonal netting 12mm x 0.7 thick 1800
wide R1 350.00 each; 3x Hexagonal netting 25mm
x 0.9 thick 1800 wide R1 450.00 each; SEEDS:
100x Striped Sunflower 30kg bags R225.00 each;
8x Yellow Mielies 50kg bags R180.00 each. Kontak
Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@esbirds.
co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
Te koop/Te ruil: 1989 Wilk Topaz met alles wat
nodig is om luuks te kamp, niks nodig nie, waarde
R45 000 te ruil vir African Greys of Galahs,
Macaws. Kontak Neels Lubbe by 078 825 9881 /
[email protected]
Te koop: Nuwe African Grey hokke. Word gebou
op bestelling. Raamwerk word gebou met nuwe
1ste graad 19mm vierkantige buispyp(squuare
tubing). Word met roeswerende verf geverf. Staan
op raam(suspended). Die hok word oorgetrek
met nuwe galvanised mesh en galvanised flat
sheet metal met swivel feeders en perch holders.
0.9 x 0.9 x 1.8m diep. R1 950.00 per hok. Fotos
beskikbaar. Kontak Dirk le Roux by 082 788
9885 / [email protected] (Koster, NW
provinsie)
For sale: Large aviary. 36 square meters. R12 000
or nearest cash offer. Contact Gavin on 082 891
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7093 / [email protected]
For sale: Large aviary. Consists of
cages / compartments with one
entrance area. Measurements 6m
000.00 or nearest cash offer. Contact
084 585 0226 / [email protected]
6 separate
concealed
x 3m. R9
Clarissa on
Grow Gold, the book and DVD that you cannot
afford to be without. This bird book and supporting
DVD will be a valuable aid for your bird business,
guiding you from the time you decide to buy birds.
Refer to Avizandum November 2008 article on
page 8. Order your copy of Grow Gold, the book
and DVD for R490 postage included, directly from
Eve or John Daw 082 956 2477 / 022 772 0796
“Share The Experience” is a 1 hour 40 minute DVD
that takes you on a trip to Singapore, Australia &
New Zealand especially capturing all the beautiful
birds in the wild and at some of the bird shows like
Jurong Bird Park in Singapore, at Taronga Zoo in
Sydney and the Kiwi Center in New Zealand. Order
your copy of “Share the Experience: directly from
John or Eve Daw 082 956 2477 / 022 772 0796
New Ace Nest Incubators with automatic turning
available at R21 000.00 exclusive of transport.
Refer to Avizandum August 2012 on page 10 or
for more information please contact John Daw 082
956 2477 / 022 772 0796
New Ace Nest Intensive Care Units have now been
manufactured with a size of 80cm wide x 50cm
high x 40 cm deep. These units sell for R12 800.00
exclusive of transport. For more information please
contact John Daw 082 956 2477 / 022 772 0796
Repairs and maintenance of the Ara and Ace Nest
incubators and intensive care units is undertaken
by John Daw. Please keep your units maintained
and the door seals, humidity mats and filters in
good condition, replacing them when necessary.
Contact John on 082 956 2477 / 022 772 0796
For sale: Buddy Digital Egg Monitors. This machine
is portable and gives you the heart rate on any
fertile egg. If you have chicks that are battling to
hatch, this monitor can help you save those chicks.
New stock arrived R4 500.00 VAT and courier incl.
For more information contact Phillip Lawrence on
058 303 3284 / 082 770 2670 (Bethlehem)
For sale: Incubator parts. Thermostats from
R169.00. Hydrometers, fans and thermometers.
Contact Russell on 083 285 4410
YouTube Business videos: Specialist bird
breeders, clubs and dealers can now use an
exciting new online way to market their birds and
services.Follow the international trend. Have a 3
to 7 minute YouTube video made to market your
birds or club. No website development costs, no
monthly hosting costs, no monthly search engine
optimisation costs. All that you need is an e
mail address and a budget to pay for a once off
YouTube Business video production cost. Once
the YouTube video is completed it will be uploaded
and work 24 / 7 - 365 days a year for you on a
global basis. Production time takes approximately
2 to 3 weeks and costs range from R 8500. For
more information contact Eelco Meyjes at 082 457
4936 or e mail [email protected]
For sale: Grumbach Incubators for Parrots,
Pheasants, Water-fowl and Reptiles. Hatchers,
Intensive Care Units and Brooders also available.
New computerised, digital, fully automatic
Incubators now available. Extremely accurate
temperature and humidity control. The only
Incubator that can cool down if the temperature in
your bird room rises. New digital, programmable
Hatchers available. Servicing and repairs
undertaken. Spare Parts in stock. Over 800
Grumbach Incubators in operation in South Africa.
Contact Phillip Lawrence on 058 303 3284 / 082
770 2670 (Bethlehem)
Unique new service in South Africa. Make sure
when next you attend a major convention you
have the best business card available. Have your
own PRIVATE COLLECTION DVD / video made
of your own special collection of exotic birds or
bird farm. Invest in a professionally made DVD
/ video to help market your birds and breeding
facilities both locally and internationally. Each
DVD takes approximately 3 to 6 months to make
and should include at least one breeding cycle
to help demonstrate and give credibility to your
bird breeding skills. Costs include: Research,
Scriptwriting, Filming, Lighting, Editing, Voice
narration, Packaging and Music design. Costs
range from R45,000 and are determined according
the scale, locality, variety and number of species
and their required nesting and diets to be filmed,
plus the complexity of the film and editing work
needed ( e.g. 5 different bird species may require
5 different diets and 5 different nesting examples).
The DVD’s are made by Eelco Meyjes, who is the
producer of the internationally acclaimed DVD
series Birdkeeping the South African way. All DVD
/ Video production work is prequoted. For more
information on this exciting new service contact
Eelco Meyjes on 082 457 4936 or e mail editor@
avitalk.co.za
For sale: Entire exotic waterfowl farm on 2.2 ha
plot for sale. Owner relocating. Seventy (70)
different species including all 7 recognised Swan
(Cygnus) species. Other species include Ashyheaded, Ruddy-headed Geese, European Eider,
Pink-eared Duck, Smew, Barrow’s & European
Golden Eye,Bufflehead, Teal, Shelduck and
Whistling Duck species. Approximately 300 birds
in total. Incubator room with incubators, hatchers.
Indoor rearing room with fibreglass rearing units as
well as outdoor rearing unit. Three large dams with
20 smaller camps and ponds with circulating water
through biological filters. All camps well maintained
with indigenous trees and shrubs. Back-up
generator system for incubation and rearing units.
Large, 4-bedroom (2 with en-suite bathrooms)
thatched roof house in the beautiful Magaliesberg
area, 40 km from Rustenburg, North West
province. The house features a reception area, 2
lounges, large modern kitchen, dining room, two
studies, bar, gymnasium, sewing room, as well as
large outdoor entertainment area, swimming pool
and lapa. Double garage and large workshop. Well
established garden with 30 different indigenous
tree and shrub species. Two equipped, permanent
boreholes. R4 500 000. Contact Louis Hartley on
083 630 3446 / [email protected]
Internationally acclaimed DVD series Birdkeeping
the South African way is a five part DVD series
filmed on TV broadcast material. Part 1 is a six part
overview of South African Birdkeeping. You will see
award winning Finch, Softbill and Parrot breeder
setups plus also see how aviculture contributes to
nature conservation as well as an example of how
surgical sexing is done. You will also see one of
Africa’s largest walk in aviaries. This DVD sells for
R245. Part 2 titled “The Finches of Africa” will show
you more than 70 of Africa and South Africa’s finch
species plus give you a valuable bird keeper’s
guide to help breed these magnificent finches. This
DVD sells for R285. Part 3 titled “Keeping Finches”
will show you the facilities of 4 prominent SA finch
breeders as well as more than 50 Australian,
Asian, European and African finch species. It also
includes the valuable bird keeper’s guide on how
to breed these wonderful birds. This DVD sells
for R285. Part 4 titled “Keeping and Breeding the
African Grey” has been widely acclaimed as the
best DVD in the world on this particular species.
Not only is it suitable for African Grey enthusiasts,
but all parrot owners will learn from it. Both pet
owners as well as professional breeders have
raved about it. It also includes a section on all the
known colour mutations in South Africa plus how
the world’s first ALL RED African Grey parrot was
created. This DVD sells for R285. Part 5 titled
“Keeping and Breeding Softbills” is a double disc
DVD with a total running time of 154 minutes. It
will show you more than 85 softbill species and 3
of South Africa’s leading softbill breeders - Mossie
Webber, William Horsfield and Graeme Hoffman
– all share their phenomenal expertise. This DVD
sells for R365. All prices are inclusive of VAT and
postage. Orders can be sent to Eelco Meyjes at
[email protected] or phone 082 457 4936.
These internationally acclaimed DVD’s are also
available from Avizandum and many of the top bird
shops in South Africa.
Looking for a needle in a haystack is what searching
for the Shelley’s crimsonwing finch is. The species
is one of the rarest finches in Africa. Visit the Rare
Finch Conservation Group Blog at http://rarefinch.
wordpress.com/.and find out what we are doing,
on an up-to-the-minute basis, to try and save this
species from probable extinction. You will also see
a 6 minute YouTube video clip of our internationally
acclaimed fund raising documentary “Searching
for Shelley’s finches amongst Africa’s Mountain
Gorilla’s”. This is what David Dennison had to say
about the new documentary, “We were treated to
the most fantastic 60 minutes of multidisciplinary
conservation effort that one can imagine ... this
DVD is worth every cent of its purchase price”.
Support finch conservation work. For more
information contact Eelco Meyjes on 082 457 4936
For sale: Brinsea Octagon Egg Brooders (various
models). Phone Sergio (+264-67)-221686 /
220010 / 220541, Fax 221564 (Tsumeb, Namibia)
Also agent for Angola
Nutribird and Orlux Bird Food & Supplements
(imported from Europe). The range consists
of pellets, dry softfood, honey egg softfood
(patee), hand-rearing formula, seeds, vitamins &
supplements, speciality diets for fruit and insect
eating birds such as ant eggs, insect mixes, fruit
mixes to cater for all bird species. The patee
softfood contains eggs, insects, shrimps, fish,
berries, fruit, honey, etc. Can be fed together
with your current softfood mixture or on its own.
Excellent for daily use. High in protein. Various
seed mixes as used at the Loro Parque Fundacion
which are specially developed for certain species
such as Amazons, Australian, African, Macaws,
etc. Also available 5 litre Virukill. For more info visit
www.versele-lega.com and www.orlux.be / Preggy
074 533 4460 (Irene, Pretoria)
Aviary & Rearing Accessories: Large variety.
Stainless steel bowls (14cm – 24cm); Swivel
Feeders only with 11 cm bowls; Nest boxes of all
sizes made from plywood; Catch Nets; VirukillAvisafe 1 litre and 5 litres, etc. Phone Preggy on
074 533 4460 (Irene)
Wanted: Ringnecks, Albino, Creamino. Birds
must be one year or older. Good prices will be
paid if you are interested in exporting Ringnecks
or other Australian birds, Rosellas, Turqs, Mulga,
Splendid, Red Rump mutations, Lories, Finches,
fancy pigeons, etc. Please e-mail us or call on the
number below, it may be possible to pick up birds
and pay for them locally for those not interested
in exporting. Contact [email protected] or
Sohail Fazal +92 345 846 3666
Chickens for sale: Pekin Bantams (standard
& frizzled) in white, black, buff, lavender, blue,
partridge. Contact Mervyn on 072 445 1323 / 041
379 4430 (Port Elizabeth)
Monati handrearing and soft bird food now
available in the Western Cape. Very reasonable
prices! Please contact your local representatives
Lynne or Eddie Hughes on 082 555 0256 or 021
782 3792 for a price list / eddiehughes@telkomsa.
net
Available: Parrot rings – As a PASA member you
can obtain unique rings in aluminium, brass and
stainless steel in different sizes at best prices. Egg
lights, open rings, applicators and date punches
are available at discount prices to members.
Contact the PASA Office at 053 927 3084, 09:00
– 13:00, Monday – Friday / pvsa@aviculturesa.
co.za / www.aviculturesa.co.za (new applications
welcome)
Beskikbaar: Papegaairinge – ‘n PVSA lid kan
hoë kwaliteit ringe van verskillende groottes is
in aluminium, geelkoper en vlekvrye staal teen
die beste pryse bekom. Datumponsers, oop
ringe, tange en eiertoetsliggies is ook aan lede
beskikbaar teen afslagpryse. Kontak die PVSA
Kantoor by 053 927 3084, Maandae – Vrydae,
09:00 – 13:00 / [email protected] / www.
aviculturesa.co.za (nuwe aansluitings welkom)
Bird Services: Chickadee Bird Services – We
do Bird Baby-Sitting / Wing Clipping and Nails,
Assessing and Advising / Delivering of Pet Food
and Accessories. For best service, please call
Michelle on 082 944 0140 (Durban / Highway area)
PARAKEETS & PARROTLETS
Wanted: 5-0 Mealy Rosella or to swap females
for males. Contact Charl on 082 337 8084 /
[email protected] (Brits)
Te koop: 1-0 Moustache R400.00. Kontak Dirk
van Schalkwyk by 072 259 2904 / Ann by 072 581
4352 (Kestell, Oos Vrystaat)
Wanted: 0-2 Barraband; 0-1 Red Rump; 1-0
Rosella. Contact Les Nadauld on 072 114 0115 /
[email protected]
Wanted: 1-1 Splendid Grass Parakeets. Contact
Andrew Biggs on 072 026 6143 / Andrew.biggs.
[email protected]
Wanted: 0-0-1 baby Yellow Sided for a reasonable
price. Preferably in Silverton area. Contact Ilze on
076 767 8488 / [email protected]
Te koop: HOK-G-1: 0-1 Rock-pebbler (2013, s/s,
c/b) R1 300.00 each; 1-0 Golden Mantel (mature,
c/b, 1 toe off) R400.00 each; 0-3 Cloncurry (2013,
s/s) R2 500.00 each; 1-0 Greygreen Plum-headed
(2013, s/s, c/b) R2 800.00 each; 0-2 Green pos/
lutino Quakers (2013, s/s) R500.00 each; 0-2
Skyblue Quakers (2011/2013, s/s) R1 200.00
each; 3-3 Blue/cin Quakers (2013, s/s) R1 600.00
p/p; 5-0 Quakers-Green/blue (2013, s/s, c/b)
R280.00 each; 1-0 Quakers-Green/blue (2013,
s/s, c/b, 1 nail off) R250.00 each; 1-1 Moustached
KUNS PAPEGAAI EIERS
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Onbreekbaar
Steriliseerbaar
Solied
Onmiddelik
aanvaarbaar
deur voëls
• Versending
dwarsoor land
• Gewone of
Spoedpos
• Alle groottes
Kontak Hannie du Preez
by 012 345 1430
E COETZEE
PHARMACY
72 York Street, George
tel 044 874 3188
fax 044 873 5216
STOCKISTS OF AVI-PRODUCTS,
FEEDS & SUPPLEMENTS
AND MEDICINE FOR BIRDS
Looking for Parrots /
Birds to Export:
African Grey Babies
Macaws (All Types) - Babies / Adult
Cockatoo Babies (All Types)
Lorikeets (All Types) - Any Age
Amazon Babies (All Types)
Eclectus - Any Age
Love Birds: Masked / Personata /
Fischers
Alexandrines - Babies / Adults
Conures - Any Age (All Varieties)
Ringnecks - Youngsters/Adult (Any
Color / Any Mutation)
Fancy Pigeons
Canaries - Any Color
Show Budgies / Doves / Cockatiels
Toucans - Any type, any age
Baby Parrots are Welcome
Contact : Mac
074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/Whatsapp)
Email : [email protected]
Nearest airport : O.R Tambo , JHB
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(mature, s/s) R700.00 p/p; 1-1 Moustached (2013,
s/s, c/b) R850.00 p/p; 0-1 Moustached (mature,
s/s) R350.00 each; 0-1 Moustached (2013, s/s,
c/b) R350.00 each; 1-0 Barnard (mature, s/s) R1
300.00 each; 1-1 Lutino pieds x Lime rump (2013,
s/s, c/b) R800.00 p/p; 2-2 Red-rumps (2013, s/s,
c/b) R200.00 p/p; 2-0 Red-rumps (2013, x2-c/b)
R80.00 each; 1-0 Pied Red-rumps (2013, s/s,
c/b) R140.00 each; 0-0-1 Blue Red-rump (2014,
c/b) R400.00 each; 0-0-1 Red-rumps (2014, c/b)
R80.00 each; 0-1 Stanley (mature, s/s, 1 leg off)
make offer each; HOK-G-4: 1-1 Moustached
(2011, s/s-x1-c/b) R900.00 p/p; HOK-G-5: 1-1
Moustached (2010/2012, s/s, c/b) R900.00 p/p;
1-1 Moustached (2013, s/s, c/b) R850.00 p/p; 0-1
Alexandrines (mature, s/s, f-wing hanging) R150.00
each; HOK-G-6: 2-0 Derbyan (2012/2013, s/s, c/b)
R1 200.00 each; HOK-G-8: 1-1 Blue cinnamon
Quaker (2013, s/s, c/b) R2 200.00 p/p; 1-0 Blue
Quaker (2012, s/s, c/b) R850.00 each; 1-1 Blue
Quaker (2013, s/s, c/b) R1 800.00 p/p; 3-3 Green
Quaker (2013, s/s, c/b) R450.00 p/p; 1-0 Blue/
cinnamon Quaker (2012, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00
each; 1-1 Cinnamon/blue Quaker (2012, s/s, c/b)
R1 600.00 p/p; 0-2 Cinnamon/blue Quaker (2012,
s/s, c/b) R800.00 each; 0-2 Blue cinnamon Quaker
(2012/2013, s/s, c/b) R1 200.00 each; 0-1 Blue/
cinnamon Quaker (2006, s/s, c/b) R1 000.00
each; HOK-G-21: 1-1 brpr Moustache (2006, s/sx1-c/b) R900.00 p/p; HOK-G-35: 1-1 Moustache
(2012, s/s, c/b) R850.00 p/p; HOK-R-1: 1-0 Rosa
Bourkes (2008/2012, s/s-x1-c/b) R300.00 each;
1-1 Splendid/blue x Blue (2012) R2 800.00 p/p;
3-0 Turquoisines (2013, s/s, c/b) R200.00 each.
Kontak Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@
esbirds.co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
For sale: 1-0 Lutino Quaker (2013, p/r) R4 800.00;
2-0 Aqua/Cinnamon (2013) R1 800.00 each;
1-1 Cinnamon/blue x Blue Cinnamon (2013) R1
600.00 p/p. Contact AC Collett of Fortuna Birds on
083 557 2323 / [email protected] (Bloemfontein)
Wanted: 0-0-1 baby Quaker Parakeet for hand
rearing. Contact Delia Schoonbee - Waterworth
on 083 231 6346 (Whatsapp and SMS only) /
[email protected] (Benoni)
Wanted: 0-1 Plumhead (male is 3 years old).
Contact Rulize de Klerk on 083 215 6628 /
[email protected]
For sale: 0-0-1 Golden Mantle R300.00; 1-0
Golden Mantle (2013, Tail feathers busy regrowing)
R350.00; 0-1 Alexandrine Mature R1 000.00.
Contact Gerhard of Prestige Parrots on 083 307
8086 (Bethlehem)
Te koop: BROEIGEREED BARRABANDS:
2-0 Groen/kans Opaline; 2-0 Grysgroen/kans
Opaline; 0-1 Grysgroen; 2014: 0-2 Grysgroen; 3-0
Grysgroen/kans Opaline; 1-0 Groen/kans Opaline;
BROEIGEREED REDWINGS: 0-1 Cinnamon;
2-0 Groen/Geel/kans Cinnamon; 0-2 Groen/Geel;
0-1 Cinnamon Grysgroen (nuwe mutasie); 2014:
2-0 Grysgroen/Geel/kans Cinnamon; 2-0 Groen/
Cinnamon; ALEXANDRINE: 1-0 Aqua; 0-1 Groen/
blou of Aqua; BROEGEREED ROOI BORS: 1-1
Blou x Blou; 0-1 Groen/Blou; PRUIMKOP: 1-1
Suffuse Pastel/kans Opaline x Suffuse Pastel; 2-0
Groen/Suffuse/Opaline; 1-1 Opaline x Suffuse;
2014: 2-0 Groen/Lutino/kans Opaline; 1-0 Lutino/
kans Opaline; BROEIGEREED COLLARED: 1-1
Turquoise Kobalt/Bleekstert/Opaline x Opaline
Bleekstert Mauve; 1-1 Bleekstert Violet Groen/
Blou/Opaline x Opaline Bleekstert Blou; 0-1
Opaline Bleekstert Turquoise Kobalt; 2014: 0-1
Opaline Bleekstert Blou; 1-0 DF dom. Bont Violet;
1-0 SF dom. Bont Aqua; 0-1 DF dom. Bont Aqua.
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Kontak Sjack Bastiaan by [email protected]
(Nederlands)
Wanted: 1-1 brpr Celestial Parrotlet. Contact
Gustav Hoffmann on 083 650 0960 / Gustav.
[email protected] (East Rand)
Te koop: 2-2 Lutino Red-Rumped R600.00 p/p;
1-1 Australise Blou Cin. X Blou Red-Rumped
R900.00; 0-2 Opaline (Rooi) R300.00 ea; 2-0
Opaline/Rubino Goue Mantels R500.00 ea; 2-0
Groen Elegants R250.00 ea; 0-1 Swift R1 200.00.
Kontak M. Boender by 083 441 0627 (Standerton)
Wanted: 0-1 Yellow Rosella; 1-1 young Mealy
Rosellas. Contact Braam on 072 528 6295 /
[email protected]
Wanted: 0-2 Hooded parakeets (preferably 2012 or
2013 birds, willing to pay good prices); 1-0 Yellow
rosella (mature bird); 0-1 Mealy rosella (preferably
2012/2013). Contact Adi Badenhorst on 082 373
5038 / [email protected]
Te koop: Turquoisines: pare voels en jong voels
enige mutasies beskikbaar. Kontak Pieter on 082
809 0927
Wanted: Alexandrine Adult Pairs. Contact Mac on
074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/Whatsapp) / salovepets@
gmail.com
Wanted: Amboina & Greenwing King; Pileated;
Blue Pennant and Stanley’s; Yellow, Green,
Brown Rosellas; Barnards and unusually coloured
Barrabands; unusually coloured and eastern subspecies Rock Pebblers; Tovis and Canary Wings;
African Ringnecks; Blossomheads. Contact Brent
on 082 452 1830 / 076 812 5757
PARROTS
For sale: 2012 AND 2013, PARENT REARED,
CLOSE BANDED: 0-0-11 African Grey (p/r, c/b)
R2 000.00 ea; 0-0-7 Timneh (p/r, c/b) R1 000.00
ea; African Grey (h/r, c/b, tame, speaks, one year,
cage included) R3 300.00; Timneh Grey (h/r,
c/b, tame, speaks, one year, cage included) R2
800.00. Contact Willy Cocquyt on 0823722655 /
[email protected]
Te koop: 1-0 Maximillian R450.00; 0-1 Blue
Headed Pionus R650.00; 1-0 Red Lored Amazon
R3 000.00. Kontak Dirk van Schalkwyk by 072
259 2904 / Ann by 072 581 4352 (Kestell, Oos
Vrystaat)
For sale: 4-0 Vinaceous Amazon (2013) R4
000.00; 1-1 Orangewing Amazon R2 500.00.
Contact Wilna Coetzee on 082 576 7697 /
[email protected]
For sale: 0-0-8 baby Red Tail Congo African
Greys R1 700.00 ea or R1 650.00 ea if all are
taken. Would prefer birds to be collected. Contact
Stephanie on 072 628 7965 / stephaniesa001@
gmail.com
Wanted: White bellied parrot. Contact MarieLouise on 083 968 1203 / mlume@environment.
gov.za
Te koop: BABY & PET BIRDS: 1-0 Severe Macaw
(2014, s/s, c/b, tamed) R3 000.00 each; 0-0-2
Baby Senegals (2014, c/b) R600.00 each. Kontak
Elwin Strachan by 082 454 0381 / elwin@esbirds.
co.za / www.esbirds.co.za (Bloemfontein)
Te koop: HOK-H-1: 0-1 Greater Vasa (2013,
s/s, p/r) R4 500.00 each; HOK-R-3: 1-1 Whitebellied Caique (2013, s/s, c/b) R12 500.00 p/p;
HOK-H-4: 0-1 Dusky Pionus (2007, s/s, c/b)
R950.00 each; 0-1 Dusky Pionus (2013, s/s)
R900.00 each; 0-2 Dusky Pionus (2013, s/s, 1
nail off) R850.00 each; HOK-H-5: 1-1 brpr African
Greys (s/s-x1-c/b, female-skruffy-wing feathers
bitten) R4 500.00 p/p; 3-0 Meyers (2013, s/s,
c/b) R350.00 each; 1-1 brpr Blue headed Pionus
(s/s-x1-c/b, m one eye) R1 200.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr
Black-wing Jardine’s (s/s, m 1 nail off) R2 100.00
p/p; 1-1 Black-wing Jardine’s (mature, s/s) R2
000.00 p/p; 0-1 Dusky Pionus (2012, s/s) R1
200.00 each; HOK-H-6: 1-1 Red-lored Amazons
(mature, s/s-x1-c/b) R6 500.00 p/p; 1-1 Dusky
Pionus (2008/2011, s/s, c/b, m-1-f-3 nails off) R2
400.00 p/p; 1-0 Ruppell (2013, s/s, c/b, nails off)
R350.00 each; 2-2 Brown-headed (2007, s/s,
c/b, m-head plucked) R400.00 p/p; 0-1 Brownheadeds (2013, s/s, c/b, skew foot) R80.00 each;
HOK-H-7: 3-0 African Greys (2013, s/s, c/b) R2
200.00 each; 1-1 Black-wing Jardines (mature,
s/s, c/b, m-1-nail, f-skruffy) R1 400.00 p/p; 1-1
Timneh Grey (2013, s/s, m-f-1-nail off) R2 000.00
p/p; HOK-H-8: 1-0 African Greys (2012, s/s, cb,
2 nails off) R2 200.00 each; 1-0 African Greys
(2013, s/s) R2 200.00 each; HOK-H-9: 1-1 African
Greys (mature, s/s, 1 nail off) R5 000.00 p/p;
HOK-H-10: 2-2 Red-lored Amazons (2012/2013,
s/s, 1 male wing feathers bitten) R5 500.00 p/p;
1-1 brpr Meyers (2008, s/s, c/b) R850.00 p/p;
1-1 brpr Meyers (2005, s/s, c/b, male 2 nails off)
R850.00 p/p; 0-1 Meyers (2011, s/s, c/b, 2 nails +
beak off) R150.00 each; HOK-H-11: 1-1 Orangewing Amazon (2012/2013, s/s, c/b) R2 800.00
p/p; 3-1 African Greys (2013, s/s, c/b) R2 200.00
each; HOK-H-12: 0-1 African Grey (2013, s/s)
R2 200.00 each; HOK-H-13: 1-0 Blue headed
Pionus (mature, s/s, 1 nail off) R500.00 each;
2-2 Brown-headeds (2008/2010, s/s) R450.00
p/p; HOK-H-14: 1-1 brpr White-headed Pionus
(s/s, c/b, m-2nails, f-2 nails-1 toe off) R500.00
p/p; 2-0 Blue headed Pionus (mature, s/s-x1c/b) R500.00 each; 0-1 Bronze-winged Pionus
(2007, s/s-x1-c/b, 1 toe off) R1 500.00 each;
HOK-H-15: 1-1 Brown-headeds (2013, s/s, c/b)
R350.00 p/p; 0-1 Brown-headeds (2013, s/s, c/b)
R150.00 each; 1-1 African Greys (2012/2013, s/s,
c/b, m-wing-tail feathers bitten) R1 800.00 each;
1-1 Meyers (2012, s/s, c/b) R500.00 p/p; 1-0
Red breasted Senegal (2004, s/s, c/b) R600.00
each; 1-0 Senegal (2008/2006, s/s, c/b, 1 wing tip
amputated) R150.00 each; HOK-H-16: 1-1 Redlored Amazons (2013, s/s, c/b) R6 000.00 p/p; 1-0
Red-lored Amazons (2013, s/s) R2 800.00 each;
0-1 African Grey (2013, s/s) R1 800.00 each;
HOK-H-17: 1-0 Lilac Crown Amazons (2010,
s/s, c/b, wing feathers slightly bitten) R2 800.00
each; HOK-H-18: 1-0 Brown-headeds (2007,
s/s, c/b) R130.00 each; 2-0 Meyers (2006, s/sx1-c/b) R300.00 each; 1-1 African Greys (2011,
s/s, c/b, m-some toes off-skruffy, f nails off wing
tip amputated) R3 000.00 p/p; 2-0 African Greys
(2011, s/s, c/b, 1 nail off wing feathers bitten)
R1 600.00 each; HOK-H-19: 1-1 brpr Whiteheaded Pionus (2002/2006, s/s, c/b, m-1-toe-nail
off) R700.00 p/p; 1-0 Meyers (mature, s/s, c/b)
R300.00 each; HOK-H-20: 1-1 brpr Lilac Crown
Amazons (2005, s/s, c/b, m-1 nail, f-2 toes off)
R6 500.00 p/p; 1-0 African Grey (2011, s/s, c/b,
2 nails wing feathers bitten) R1 700.00 each;
1-0 Maximilian’s Pionus (2002, s/s, c/b, scruffy)
R200.00 each; HOK-H-21: 1-0 Ruppels (mature,
c/b) R800.00 each; 0-1 White-headed Pionus
(2006, s/s, c/b, some toes off) R250.00 each;
1-1 Timneh Grey (2013, s/s, c/b, 1 nail-off) R1
800.00 p/p; HOK-H-22: 1-0 Red-sided Eclectus
(2013) R2 500.00 each; 1-0 African Grey (2014,
s/s, c/b) R2 000.00 each; 1-0 Timneh Grey (2013,
s/s, c/b) R900.00 each; 1-1 brpr Meyers (2002,
s/s, c/b, head plucked) R700.00 p/p; 2-0 Meyers
(2013, s/s, c/b) R300.00 each; 0-1 Meyers (2008,
s/s, c/b, 1 nail off) R300.00 each; 1-1 brpr Brownheadeds (2008, s/s, c/b, f-head plucked) R400.00
p/p; 1-1 Brown-headeds (2012, s/s-x1-c/b)
R400.00 p/p; 1-1 Brown-headeds (2011/2012,
s/s-x1-c/b, 1-nail off) R350.00 p/p; HOK-H-23:
1-0 brpr Cape parrots (2006) R2 200.00 p/p;
HOK-H-24: 1-0 Lilac Crown Amazons (mature,
s/s, c/b) R3 000.00 each; 1-0 Cape Parrots
(2013, s/s, c/b, h/r) R2 800.00 each; 1-0 White
Fronted Amazon (mature, s/s) R1 400.00 each;
HOK-H-25: 1-1 Cape Parrots (2006/2012, s/s,
c/b, f-few chest feathers) R4 200.00 p/p; 1-1 Cape
Parrots (2005/2012, s/s, c/b, male 2 nails off) R4
200.00 p/p; HOK-H-26: 1-1 brpr Cape Parrots
(x1-c/b, m-skruffy-3-nails off) R4 800.00 p/p; 0-1
Cape Parrots (mature) R3 000.00 each; 1-1 Cape
Parrots (mature, m-tail feathers bitten) R4 700.00
p/p; HOK-H-27: 1-1 Yellow-lored Amazons (2011,
s/s, c/b) R12 000.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr Black-wing
Jardines (s/s, c/b) R2 200.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr Whiteheaded Pionus (s/s, m-1-nail-2 toes) R750.00
p/p; HOK-H-28: 1-1 brpr White-headed Pionus
(2008, s/s, c/b, male-2 nails off) R850.00 p/p;
1-1 brpr Black-wing Jardines (2005, s/s-x1-c/b)
R2 000.00 p/p; 0-1 Maximilian’s Pionus (mature,
s/s) R400.00 each; HOK-H-30: 0-1 African Greys
(2013, plucked) R1 200.00 each; 1-1 Capeparrots (mature, s/s, f-head scruffy) R4 800.00
p/p; HOK-H-31: 1-1 Timneh Grey (2013, s/s,
c/b) R2 000.00 p/p; HOK-H-32: 1-1 brpr Senegal
(s/s, m-2-nails-off) R850.00 p/p; 1-0 Black-wing
Jardines (2013, s/s) R600.00 each; HOK-H-33:
1-1 brpr Vinaceous Amazon (s/s) R9 000.00 p/p;
1-0 Bronze-winged Pionus (2009, s/s, c/b) R1
400.00 each; HOK-H-34: 1-1 brpr Cape Parrots
(s/s, c/b, male chest scruffy) R5 000.00 p/p;
HOK-H-35: 1-1 brpr Black-wing Jardines (s/s-x1c/b, m-chest plucked) R1 800.00 p/p; HOK-H-36:
0-1 Panama Amazon (1995, s/s, c/b) R8 000.00
each; 1-0 Greencheek Amazon (mature, s/s,
c/b) R3 000.00 each; 1-0 White-fronted Amazon
(1996, s/s, c/b) R900.00 each; 0-1 Cape Parrot
(mature) R2 500.00 each; 1-0 White-fronted
Amazons (2013, s/s) R1 200.00 each; HOK-H-37:
1-1 brpr White-headed Pionus (s/s, f-2-nails off)
R900.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr Red-bellied (s/s) R1 800.00
p/p; HOK-H-38: 2-0 Ruppels (2013, s/s, c/b)
R850.00 each; 0-1 Black-wing Jardines (mature,
s/s, have bred) R900.00 each; HOK-H-39: 2-0
Bronze wing Pionus (2013, s/s, c/b) R1 400.00
each; 2-0 White-headed Pionus (2013, s/s-x1c/b) R350.00 each. Kontak Elwin Strachan by 082
454 0381 / [email protected] / www.esbirds.
co.za (Bloemfontein)
For sale: 1-0 Solomon Island Eclectus (2014, h/r)
R2 000.00 each. Contact Stella on 031 464 3953
/ 072 343 9866 (Durban)
For sale: 2-2 adult Red-lored Amazons R6 000.00
p/p or R11 600.00 for both pairs; 0-0-1 Greencheeked Amazon (2009, p/r) R4 000.00; 1-1 brpr
Poicephalus viscicolis (on permit) R5 000.00 p/p;
1-1 Timneh Greys (2013) R2 200.00 p/p. Contact
Marthen Scorgie on 083 239 9130 (Harrismith)
For sale: 1-1 brpr Timnehs R2 000.00; 1-1 Mature
pair Timnehs R1 700.00; 1-1 Timnehs (3 year old
pair) R1 500.00; 1-1 brpr Black winged Jardines
R1 800.00; 1-1 Mature pair Black winged R1
600.00; 2-2 Black winged Jardines (2013) R1
200.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr White Crowned Pionus
R600.00. Contact Craig Dalldorf on 083 459 8039
/ [email protected]
Wanted: H/r African greys; Red Sided Eclectus;
Amazons. Contact Andre Wienekus on 083 226
8397 / 011 475 6776 / andrejw@discoverymail.
co.za
Te koop: 1-1 African Greys R4 000.00. Kontak
Gretchen by 083 747 3203 / cwswanepoel4@
gmail.com
For sale: 2-2 Lilac crowned Amazons Mature
R11 500.00 p/p; 0-1 Vinaceous Amazon (2011,
Wing feathers chewed) R2 000.00; 0-1 African
Grey (Breeding hen, lost cock freak accident,
Chest plucked) R2 200.00; 2-2 brpr Whitefronted
Amazons R2 600.00 p/p; 1-1 brpr Blueheaded
Pionus R1 500.00; 3-0 Blueheaded Pionus
Mature R500.00 each; 0-1 Red-lored Amazon
(2013) R3 500.00; Various 2011 and 2013 African
Greys R2 500.00; Handreared African Grey
Babies (10 weeks old) R2 750.00 each. Contact
Gerhard of Prestige Parrots on 083 307 8086
(Bethlehem)
Gesoek: H/R Greys. Kontak Andre by 083 226
8397 / [email protected]
For sale: African Grey (1 year old, red tail, with
cage) R2 800.00 cash. Contact Dawid on 079
368 0279 / [email protected] (Boksburg,
Gauteng)
Wanted: Amazons, Eclectus any age & African
Grey Babies. Contact Mac on 074 997 1180 /
[email protected]
For sale: 0-1 Yellow Sided R300.00; 1-1 Greater
Jardine R2 500.00; 1-1 Grey headed parrots
(plucked) R1 000.00; 1-1 Bronze wing Pionus
R2 500.00; 1-1 Red sided Eclectus (hen plucked)
R4 000.00. All above birds are mature and /
or breeding. Contact Nicci on 083 230 6419 /
[email protected] (Benoni area)
For sale: 0-1 Solomon Eclectus (3 months old) R2
000.00. Contact Christel on wcbothma@gmail.
com
For sale: 1-1 Greater Jardine pair R3 500.00;
1-1 brpr Bronze wing pionus R3 500.00. Contact
Nicci on 083 230 6419 / [email protected]
For sale: 2-2 Solomon Eclectus R10 000.00;
1-1 Grand Eclectus R5 000.00; 1-1 Red-Sided
EclectusR5 000.00; 1-0 Solomon Eclectus R2
500.00; 0-0-1 African Grey (not yet sexed, 3
weeks old) R2 000.00; 7-7 African Greys (DNA/s,
c/b, have not yet bred) R5 000.00 p/p. Contact
JP Nel on 082 770 2937 / [email protected]
(Hermon, Western Cape)
For sale: 1-0 Cuban Amazon (5 years old) R4
000.00; 1-0 Blue Fronted Amazon (1 year old)
R4 000.00. Contact Cornelius on 083 408 5156 /
[email protected]
Te koop: AFRICAN GREYS: 147-147 brpr; 22 los
voels; +- 50 pare nou met babas of eiers. Broei
pare reeds gevestig. R6 800.00 per paar met hok,
nes en bakkies. R1 125 000.00 vir alles. Kontak
Henk Long by 082 819 6504 / David Long by 082
852 5566 / [email protected]
Wanted: Eclectus (Solomon, Vosmaeri, Red
Sided) Any Age; African Grey Babies; Any
Caiques / Any Age / Any Quantity. Contact
Mac on 074 997 1180 (Call/SMS/Whatsapp) /
[email protected]
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CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS
We would like to encourage any Club or Association that is not on this list to please contact us on 031 763 4054,
so that we can place you on the Avizandum’s list of “Clubs and Associations.” Listing on this page will be free of charge.
NATIONAL
PARROT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF S A Thea 053 927 3084
/ Fax 086 604 8084 / [email protected]
BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY OF S A Chris Oberholzer Tel 011 693
1790 / [email protected]
RINGNEKTELERSVERENIGING Voorsitter Christo de Jager
079 895 3591 / Huis 018 786 3182 / [email protected]
S A LOVEBIRDTELERSVERENIGING Voorsitter Gerald van der
Linde 082 493 4864 / [email protected]; Sekretaris Bertus Cilliers
082 784 9735 / [email protected]
INDIGENOUS BIRD BREEDERS RESEARCH GROUP
Neville Brickell (Director) 073 910 0414
SA SHOW POULTRY ORGANISATION / www.saspo.org.za /
[email protected] / 072 435 4193
WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION OF SA 082 854 1181 /
[email protected]
FINE FEATHERS BIRD CLUB (GAUTENG) (but with members
nationwide) Dries Louw 083 676 7060; Vice Chairman & Sec Wayne
& Santi Rundle 082 415 7481 / News Media Charlotte Metzer Tel
011 894 1967
THE GOULDIAN FINCH SOCIETY Secretary Mikki Bennet 082 891
3186 / [email protected]
SHOW POULTRY SA / www.poultryclubsa.co.za / 082 804 4158
UNIQUE CREATURES S.A. Chairman Mike van Wyk 076 978 8320
/ Secretary Sonja van Wyk 072 855 7381 / uniquecreatures.sa@
gmail.com
SOUTH AFRICAN FANCY PIGEON ASSOCIATION The
Ringmaster Mrs Netta Prince 041 365 7737 / 082 565 9022 / Safpa.
[email protected]
EASTERN CAPE / OOSKAAP
PORT ELIZABETH AND DISTRICT CAGE BIRD ASSOCIATION
Chairman: L Rudman 083 476 9018 / Secretary: Helene Granzier
072 436 7405
EAST CAPE BIRD CLUB Chairman: Marthinus Stolk 073 403 5768
/ Secretary: Andre Bower 083 448 1087
Valke Voëltelers Klub (Vereeniging omgewing) Voorsitter:
Deon le Roux Tel 016 424 4575 / 082 894 9264 / Faks 086 297 2314
[email protected] / Sekretaresse: Irna Valentine 083 279 4040
CARLETONVILLE VOËLKLUB Voorsitter Nico Prinsloo 079 896
3247 / [email protected]
KWA-ZULU NATAL
VRYHEID Koos Kriel Tel 034 981 4852 / 084 549 7570 /
Fax 034 981 4852 / Secretary Carel Muller Tel 034 981 6306 / 073
300 0431 / [email protected]
EDEN PARROT CLUB FOR EDEN DISTRICT Chairman Coennie
Basson 082 465 9393 / 044 873 2814 (H) (George) / Sec Gideon
Swart 079 492 3889 / 044 803 1041 (W) [email protected]
NAMIBIA
NORTHERN REGIONAL CAGE BIRD ASSOC
PIETERMARITZBURG Canary and Cage Bird Club
Steve Phillipson 033 346 1726 / 083 632 2551 / carlsson@futurenet.
co.za
BOKSBURG CANARY CLUB (Brakpan) Secretary AF Engelbrecht 084
525 1428 / [email protected]
DURBAN FINCH BREEDERS Chairman: Peter Greeneway 083
537 2891 / PRO Gary Dee 079 517 4970 / [email protected]
LIMPOPO
MOGOL (Ellisras) Jan van Breda Tel 014 763 5389 / 072 389 7419
Fax 014 763 5389 / [email protected] / Secretary Jacoline
Booyse Tel & Fax 014 763 5038 / 084 583 5038 / booyserj@eskom.
co.za
POULTRY CLUB SA / [email protected] / 082 804 4158
BOSVELD VOËLVERENIGING (Modimolle) Voorsitter: Cois
Rigaard 082 822 8776 / [email protected] / Fax 014 718 7639 /
Ondervoorsitter: Faan Heystek 073 212 0068
ZOUTPANSBERG VOËLTELERSVERENIGING Voorsitter Johnny
Gouws 072 576 1577 / [email protected] /
Ondervoorsitter Tonie Becker 084 459 1682
MPUMALANGA
MPUMALANGA POULTRY CLUB / E-mail: [email protected]
083 299 2305
FREE STATE POULTRY CLUB. Membership fees are R100
annually, membership fees for under 16 years are R50.00. Everyone
welcome. Contact Ben Janse van Rensburg on 082 734 9028 /
[email protected]
HOËVELD VOËLKLUB, Middelburg (Mpumalanga) Voorsitter
Henry Trigwell 072 615 4063 / [email protected] / Sek Cois
Minnaar 072 397 7917 / [email protected]
ORANJE POULTRY CLUB E-mail: [email protected] /
083 306 9467
OVERBERG Evert Kleinhans Tel 028 840 0941 / 084 293 2490 /
Fax 028 840 0941 / [email protected]
NATAL & COAST POULTRY CLUB Tim Nixon 079 893 8610 /
[email protected]
FREE STATE / VRYSTAAT
ROSESTAD BIRD CLUB (Finches, Waxbills & Softbills, Pigeons)
Andre Berry 082 804 6878 / [email protected]
E-mail: naomidt@breede.
AVICULTURE ASSOCIATION OF NAMIBIA
Contact Oosie Oosthuizen (Chairperson) +264 81 122 1742 /
[email protected]
EASTERN CAPE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY President Johan v/d
Merwe 083 457 7190 / Secretary Selwyn van Greunen 082 569
5858 / [email protected]
KOSMOS (Harrismith) Marthen Scorgie Tel 058 622 1423 / 083 239
9130 / Fax 058 622 3409
KROONSTAD KROMBEK VOëLKLUB Raymond Hearn
Tel 056 213 2796 / 084 524 4636 / Fax 056 213 2796 / ray.krd@
gmail.com / Secretary Sonja Nell 084 510 2168 / 056 212 6652
OOS-VRYSTAAT (Ficksburg) Johan Kotze Tel 051 933 9700 / 082
440 4402 / Fax 051 933 2126
WESTERN CAPE POULTRY CLUB
co.za / 082 468 8826
ZULULAND AVICULTURAL SOCIETY (Richard’s Bay) Rob Sedice
083 461 5764 (Chairman) / Anthea van der Walt 083 308 7360 /
[email protected] (Secretary) / www.zululandaviculturalsociety.
co.za / Facebook: Zululand Avicultural Society
NELSPRUIT Dr P van Rensburg Tel & Fax 013 750 0433 / Secretary
Sylvia Otto Tel 013 744 1836 / [email protected] STANDERTON Neels Jooste 082 565 3309 / elandspoort@telkomsa.
net / Secretary Alette Higgens / [email protected]
BLOEMFONTEIN PTV Voorsitter AC Collett 083 557 2323 / ac@
gcpb.co.za / Onder Voorsitter H de Lange 082 771 3547 / hdl@
msnet.co.za
[email protected] / Sekretaris: Alex Rippenaar 082 893 5455 /
[email protected] NORTHERN CAPE / NOORDKAAP
DIAMANTVELD VOËLKLUB (Kimberley) Elmar Steyn 074 374
2941 / [email protected] / Secretary Leon Leach 053 861 2761
/ Fax 086 588 4511 / 076 101 5985 / [email protected]
KATHU Flip Holtzhausen Tel 053 739 2120 / 083 304 0843 /
[email protected] / Secretary Len Vermeulen 083 285
1940 / Fax 053 739 2951 / [email protected] UPINGTON Voorsitter Willem Theron 082 412 5705 / helicon@
lantic.co.za / Secretary Ester Steynberg Tel & Fax 054 331 2545
VRYBURG RIETHAAN POULTRY CLUB E-mail: janjnel@gmail.
com / Tel 053 927 3411
NORTH WEST / NOORDWES
DRIEHOEK CANARY CLUB Secretary MF Krugell 082 560 5277 /
[email protected]
GLOSTER & POSTER CANARY CLUB Secretary L Beirowski 082 553
0517 / [email protected]
HIGHVELD AVICULTURAL SOCIETY Secretary J Shorter 084 587
2167 / [email protected]
HONEYDEW BIRD CLUB Scretary M Badenhorst 082 511 9090 /
[email protected]
INDABA NYONI CLUB Secretary HB Groenewald 012 654 7438 /
[email protected]
JACARANDA SHOW BUDGIE SOCIETY Secretary J Nel 082 789
9861 / [email protected]
PRETORIA CAGE BIRD CLUB Secretary CI Weyer 012 345 2617 /
[email protected]
SASOL CAGE BIRD CLUB Secretary Mrs S Hugo 017 634 4897 /
[email protected]
SUIKERBOSRAND CANARY CLUB Secretary C vd Linde 011 818
2321 / [email protected]
SA LOVEBIRD BREEDERS ASSOCIATION Secretary B Celliers 082
784 9735 / [email protected]
TRANSVAAL ROLLER CANARY SOCIETY Secretary T Marshall 011
972 7052 / [email protected]
THE GOULDIAN FINCH SOCIETY Secretary Mikki Bennet 082 891
3186 / [email protected]
TRANSVAAL ZEBRA FINCH SOCIETY Secretary F C Barnicoat / 011
615 2937
WESTRAND BIRD CLUB Secretary S Veiera 084 699 2061 /
[email protected]
BUDGIE CLUBS IN SA
ABC (Pta) Chairman JA Nel 082 355 5937 / [email protected]
CPBS (W/Cape) Chairman I Kahn 073 047 7427 / Sec GE Moodie 083
751 5567 / [email protected]
CTBC (W/Cape) Chairman ES Phillips 082 223 4916 / phillipsconsult1@
hotmail.com / Sec LE Phillips 021 761 9434 / lynedith.phillips@gmail.
com
DBC (KZN) Chairman CM Henton 083 357 8338 / creighkenton@
brownebrodie.co.za / Sec LJ Williamson 031 765 8669 (h) / lawrence@
jonsson.co.za
BLOEMFONTEIN OLD ENGLISH GAME CLUB / 082 712 4770
[email protected]
KOSH
(Klerksdorp)
Voorsitter/Veilingsvoorsitter:
Stokkies
Stokbroekx 082 704 4378 / [email protected] / Sec
Martie Beneke 018 473 0841 / 082 413 8471 / [email protected]
KROONSTAD BUDGIE CLUB Casper Maree (Chairman) (Welkom)
083 273 2334 / [email protected] / Jan Brits (Secretary) 083
378 8845 (Bothaville) / [email protected]
BRITS Coen Meyer Tel 012 2541038 / 082 715 2220 / bbole@
mweb.co.za / Sek Mev Grobler Tel & Faks 012 252 5636 / 083 535
4194
Bloemfontein Kouvoël Vereniging / Voorsitter Frik Nel
083 354 3080 / Sekretaris/Skou-sekretaris Johan Venter 082 899
3681 / [email protected]
POTCHEFSTROOM VOËLTELERSKLUB Jaap Wessels Tel 018
297 6907 / 083 367 6599 / Fax: 018 297 6907 [email protected] /
Sek Louw Erasmus Tel 018 290 5860
GAUTENG
STELLALAND (Ottosdal) Voorsitter: Bertus Nel 083 369 9440 /
Sekretaris: Johnny Bezuidenhout 083 278 7602
KABC (E/Cape) Voorsitter PS Visser 082 893 3571 / Sec MJ Bester 076
080 3736 / [email protected]
MAGALIES Louis v/d Walt Tel 012 317 0487 / 082 562 1430 / Fax
012 317 3918 / [email protected]
VERREWES (Lichtenburg) Fanie Klopper Tel 018 633 1108 / 083
632 7325 / Fax 086 669 0224 / [email protected] / Sek Sampie
Pretorius / Tel & Fax 018 632 3513 / 084 628 6687 srpretorius@
yahoo.com
NCBS (N/Cape) Chairman DKJ Kruger 083 388 7910 / dawid@kdes.
co.za / Sec PR Holzhausen 083 304 0843 / [email protected]
PRETORIA PAPEGAAI KLUB Charl Swanepoel, Tel 012 255 5993
/ 082 337 8084 / Fax 012 555 5993 / charlswanepoel@absamail.
co.za / Secretary Willie Scheepers 083 253 3264 / Fax 012 542 1382
RAND AVICULTURAL SOCIETY (Jhb) - All Birds - Eelco Meyjes
082 457 4936 / [email protected] or visit www.birdkeeper.co.za
PRETORIA POULTRY CLUB / [email protected] 082 654
8938
VAALDRIEHOEK POULTRY CLUB / [email protected]
082 400 8957
HONEYDEW VOËLKLUB (Peterweg, Roodepoort) Voorsitter:
Kobus Boshoff; O/Voorsitter: Kriek Badenhorst; Sekretaresse:
Martie Badenhorst Tel 010 222 0651 / 082 511 9090
GOULDIAN FINCH SOCIETY (Jhb) Secretary Mikki Bennet 082
891 3186 / [email protected]
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RUSTENBURG POULTRY CLUB [email protected]
082 788 6130
KALAHARI (Vryburg) Gerald van der Linde 082 493 4864
[email protected] / Dolf Cloete 082 660 3266 / [email protected].
za
SCHWEIZER RENEKE Lourens Pienaar 082 773 3822 /
Fax 053 963 1057
WESTERN CAPE / WESKAAP
BOLAND VOELKLUB Voorsitter: Johnny Sampson 082 704 5025 /
Sekretaris: Patrick Fredericks 083 555 9026
OOSTENBERG Voorsitter: Gerrie Buckley 084 432 6175 /
ELBS (E/Cape) Chairman AJ Kruger 083 956 4614 / andretoys@
telkomsa.net / Sec DM Kruger 083 255 3254 / [email protected]
ERBS (Gauteng) Chairman RD Ford 011 815 1447 (h) / ford007@
mweb.co.za / Sec RA Bennett 083 453 9843 / [email protected]
GBC (Gauteng) Chairman D Davie 082 377 7686 / [email protected] /
Sec JR Scarborough 083 450 0138 / [email protected]
JSBS (Gauteng) Chairman ID Nel 012 542 3533 (h) / Sec J A Nel 081
317 3687 / [email protected]
PBC (Gauteng) Chairman CJ Oberholzer 082 824 7205 / bssa@
netactive.co.za / Sec GR Furniss 082 655 1691 / [email protected]
PMBBC (KZN) Chairman LO Sydenham 083 405 0359 / pops@
gracenet.co.za / Sec HK Sydenham 033 396 9407 / pops@gracenet.
co.za
SBC (Gauteng) Chaiman J Lucas 083 334 9945 / johanllucas91@gmail.
com / Sec SJ Lucas 073 515 9175 / [email protected]
TBC (W/Cape) Chairman AH Olivier 082 490 2251 / [email protected]
/ Sec J Dunlop 072 200 9112 / [email protected]
VBK (OFS) Chairman OH Hein 016 932 5245 / estie.hein@vodamail.
co.za / Sec HJ Hein 082 495 9133
VBV (OFS) JAJ Scholtz 057 451 3055 (h) / [email protected] /
Sec JJJ Brits 082 922 4026 / [email protected]
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