A serious factor to be considered is the
volume of the Vasa’s vocal capabilities. In general Vasas are quiet birds, nothing
to be concerned about. However in breeding time my Lessers are extremely loud. They hardly ever scream, but their whistle tunes are that loud that many people wonder if there is an alarm going off at our place constantly. By the way, they have many different melodies in their repertoire, certainly sounding nice and not always that loud. They are extremely quiet birds during winter time. They are very well capable of imitating sounds also. In Madagascar I even observed a Greater Vasa speaking a few words. Unfortunately I couldn’t understand Malagasy, but concerning its living condition I cannot exclude the bird was swearing… In our living room it was remarkable that
the vacuum cleaner standard continued for a while after the apparatus was switched off, the same with the electric drill. Sometimes it was hard to determine the sound of a moped passing by or the Vasas being busy. This seems that I am trying to write an anti-advertisement for Vasas, but on the contrary Vasa Parrots are, in my humble opinion, one of the funniest and most fascinating parrots flying on our earth.
Back to the start Although it was not my intention to keep birds all of a sudden I had two wild caught
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Lesser Vasa Parrots and no information at all about this species. Research in literature available at that time resulted in some basic information in the way of “they are somewhat dull coloured birds from Madagascar from which we don’t know very much actually”. Except from some vague descriptions of the subspecies, information was barely to be found at that time and about their behaviour and way of living in their natural habit nothing was known. I had no idea if there were any others in The Netherlands who kept Vasa Parrots. Eventually I got a little wiser after many experiments, a journey to Madagascar
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