FEATURE


BY MIKE ROXX I


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am Brotogeris obsessed! They are awesome birds and this is my short story with them.


My title is half stolen from the only book I know on these birds, ‘Grey Cheek Parakeets and other Brotogeris’, written by Robbie Harris from the US. I often revert back to it for odd things about my own birds. I find it quite amusing looking at all the 1980s pictures; all the birds then were wild caught. A little tip: you can pick this book up dirt cheap online. I only wish there were more books on these little beauties…. My first sightings of Brotogeris


parakeets, affectionately also known as Brotos by keepers, were in the mid 80s in our local dealer’s aviaries in Barnham, Sussex. I remember seeing these green parakeets flying from one end of a long flight to the other; often there were a few flights full of them with their yellow wing flashes catching the eye. I wasn’t into parrots at all then; my eyes were firmly fixed on the canaries and finches especially the British finches. I am still into the other birds; however, Parrots and Parakeets have become my focus since 2010 when I visited the Peruvian Amazon and saw Brotogeris in the wild.


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