National Geographic photoessay of Cape Parrots

[zandperl]

Africa’s Most Endangered Parrot Revealed Like Never Before

Trigger Warning: includes photos of dead, defeathered, and sick parrots.

Summary: The Cape Parrot is Africa's most endangered parrot species with only around 1,000 left in the wild. There are two main sources of the deaths: reduced food sources due to human deforestation (which a group

Comments

[klia]

Thank you so much for the trigger warning. I really can't handle that sort of thing.

[zandperl]

I can handle it if it's done tastefully, which I feel it was here, or if I'm warned beforehand, but I thought the link was worth sharing and I didn't want anyone else to be unpleasantly surprised.

[mimimanderly]

Yes, thanks for the warning. I, too, can handle it if I am prepared ahead of time for it. Beautiful photos of beautiful birds. I only hope that something can be done for them before they disappear forever.

[crookshanks82]

They are awesome birds. I was able to work with a few pairs that were being bred at a facility I worked at. I have fond memories of a young one nibbling on all my fingers every morning when I did my rounds :)