The Hyacinthine Macaw in aviculture

Excerpts from the Penguin Millionaire - The Story of Birdland

by Len HILL and Emma WOOD published in 1976.

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Breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

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

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Notes on breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw

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

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My experience in breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw

by Gerd VOLKEMER. Published in Gefiederte Welt (Issue 1/85) and translated by the website editor.

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Successful hand-rearing of Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus LATHAM,1790)

by Carmen LAFIN Published in Die Voliere, Issue 10/86.

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Tool use in parrots Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

by Karl Fr. HOHENSTEIN. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 12/87.

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Keeping and breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Papageien 2/90.

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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

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An experiment in colony breeding with Hyacinthine Macaws

by Carla MARQUANDT. Published in Psittacine Aviculture (26.1-4) in 1992 .

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Why do Anodorhynchus macaws have bare yellow cheeks?

by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 7/93.

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

EEP Studbook report for the Hyacinthine Macaw published in 1993 by Blue Macaws

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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

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Is the bill of the Hyacinthine Macaw too big?

by H.-J. KÜNNE. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 10/96 S. 336-7.

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Hyacinthine Macaws - Their care and breeding today

by Gloria ALLEN. A presentation at the IAS Convention, Fort Myers, Florida in January 1997

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

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

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Breeding large macaws

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

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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

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The Hyacinth Macaw

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

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Experiences in the keeping and breeding of Hyacinthine Macaws

by Norbert HEBEL. Published in the April 2002 issue of Gefiederte Welt (Pages 114-119).

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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.

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Incubation - Hyacinth Macaw chicks

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

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Breeding Hyacinthine Macaws in Bahrain

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

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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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Breeding success with Hyacinth macaws in Ornis, the new conservation centre at Zurich Zoo

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