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Articles from our magazine Bird Keeping In Australia are from time to time shared on our website. Please feel free to check them out now, or you can download them for later reading. Make sure to check back periodically as the content is progressively updated.
By John Grant Introduction The Superb Parrot (alternative name Barraband Parrot) is one of three members of the Polytelis genus of Australian parrots. The word Polytelis roughly translated into English
By Tony MELBOURNE Although we call them a ‘worm’, mealworms are actually the larvae stage of the Tenebrio molitor beetle. Most of us either breed or purchase these little fellows
By Graham BURFORD A recent article ‘Conservation Corner’ in the Bird Keeping in Australia magazine mentioned some of our species of finches that are of ‘conservation concern’, and prompted me
Among the more popular of foreign finches the Cordon Bleu has in many years been the choice of many fanciers, and during that period has been bred to a great
By Society Member, Martin HILTON of WHYALLA. I have used mineral blocks for many years – as well as being good for birds’ health, they provide them with something to
By Bert Polgreen Introduction If managed correctly, the Gouldian finch can be long lived and a free breeder in Adelaide aviaries. This article outlines the methods I have used successfully
