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The Indigo Macaw Re-appraised - AFA Watchbird 1992

This is the article by Robin Pickering and Joe Cuddy, which appeared in the August/September 1992 issue of AFA Watchbird. It is about the differences between the Lear’s Macaw and the Glaucous Macaw, which the authors noticed  

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Prehistoric Cave Paintings Discovered

by Tony PITTMAN. Published in Cage and Aviary Birds on 12th March, 1994

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Anodorhynchus macaws as followers of extinct megafauna: an hypothesis

by Carlos YAMASHITA. Published in " Ararajuba ",the Journal of the Brazilian Ornithological Society 5(2) P. 176-182 (December 1997)

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Internal papillomatous disease. Managing the papilloma-positive breeder bird

by Margaret A. WISSMAN, DVM and Bill PARSONS, Wesley Chapel, Florida. Published in afa Watchbird (Pages 26-27) Volume XXVII. Number 4, July/Aug 2000

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Collared Forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus courtship and mating, with take-over of a macaw nest

by Bernabé LÓPEZ-LANÚS. Published in Cotinga, the Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club, (Pages 9-11), Number 14, Autumn 2000.

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Aging in Macaws

by Susan CLUBB, D.V.M. Published in the ASA Avicultural Bulletin in August 1993.

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  • Sunday 3rd March 2024

    In April 1995 I visited Brazil with Thomas Arndt, the then publisher and editor of the German "Papageien" magazine. I had met Thomas at the AFA convention in the USA in 1988. He was presenting there and I assisted him with his use of English. We b ... Read More »

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