The Hyacinthine Macaw in aviculture


The following articles and presentations are arranged in date order

Excerpts from the Penguin Millionaire - The Story of Birdland by Len HILL and Emma WOOD published in 1976.


Breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus By Daphne and Walter GRUNEBAUM. Published in the Avicultural Magazine, No.1, 1984 (Vol. 90), Page 11-16.


Notes on breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw by Gerd VOLKEMER (Hubermühle, Germany). Published in the Avicultural Magazine, No.1, 1984 (Vol. 90), Page 17.


My experience in breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw by Gerd VOLKEMER. Published in Gefiederte Welt (Issue 1/85) and translated by the website editor.


Successful hand-rearing of Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus LATHAM,1790) by Carmen LAFIN Published in Die Voliere, Issue 10/86.


Tool use in parrots Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus by Karl Fr. HOHENSTEIN. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 12/87.


Keeping and breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Papageien 2/90.


Hand-rearing of two Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) by Jan NEDÉLNIK, Brodek, Czech Republic. German text by F. Amberger, Kotzting. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 6/92


An experiment in colony breeding with Hyacinthine Macaws by Carla MARQUANDT. Published in Psittacine Aviculture (26.1-4) in 1992 .


Why do Anodorhynchus macaws have bare yellow cheeks? by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 7/93.


Studbook report for 1993 for the EEP Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)


Biology, Breeding, and Keeping of the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) by Dr. Hubert LÜCKER, Dresden Published in German and English in Zoo - Pädagogik - Unterricht (Year 3, Volume III) Kassel, Germany in 1995


Is the bill of the Hyacinthine Macaw too big? by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 10/96 S. 336-7.


Hyacinthine Macaws - Their care and breeding today by Gloria ALLEN. A presentation at the IAS Convention, Fort Myers, Florida in January 1997


EEP Studbook report for 1997 for the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)


Breeding large macaws by Rosemary LOW. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine in December 1999 (Volume XXXIII) Pages 406-11.


Parent-rearing the Hyacinth Macaw. A Comparative Study by Kashmir CSAKY, Forest, Virginia. Published in afa Watchbird, the Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture. Vol. XXVII, Number 3, May/June 2000


The Hyacinth Macaw by Kashmir CSAKY. Published in Parrots Magazine in November 2001(Issue 46) Pages 26-31.


Experiences in the keeping and breeding of Hyacinthine Macaws by Norbert HEBEL. Published in the April 2002 issue of Gefiederte Welt (Pages 114-119).


Reproduction of Hyacinthine Macaws at the Rodeo Drive Scientific Breeding Centre, Rio Janeiro by M.WEINZETTL-PINHEIRO and R.F.TEIXEIRA-DE-FREITAS. A report in the March/April 2002 issue of Atualidades Ornitologicas, the leading Brazilian bi-monthly newpaper for aviculturists and ornithologists.

 

Incubation - Hyacinth Macaw chicks by Kashmir CSAKY. Published in the May 2002 issue of Parrots, (Pages 40-44)

 

Breeding Hyacinthine Macaws in Bahrain. A report by Kate GAMMOND published in Parrots Magazine in March 2005 (Issue 86, Pages 16-20)

Hyacinth Macaw breeding and Hand-rearing study at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation. A presentation by Ryan Watson, at the 33rd Annual Convention of the American Federation of Aviculture (AFA), Los Angeles, July 2007 


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