Author: Dirk Van den Abeele

In the upcoming BVA-International digital magazine from December 2024 I have publish three new articles: An article on the fallow

With nearly 400 species, parrots are a remarkably diverse taxon. However, with almost one-third of species categorized as threatened on

Sometimes we see phenotypes that are not always easy to explain. Just look at the photo below. This bird clearly

A few days ago we had an interesting (private) webinar on epigenetic mechanisms in birds. It was good to see

Yesterday was our annual meeting with the BVA-International board and we agreed that, just like in previous years, in 2025,

We receive the last weeks lots of questions on fallow mutants in Genus Agapornis. There is a copy of  my

Yesterday, Fabio Schunck published: “Blue-winged parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius (Aves: Psittacidae), feeding over water in Southeast Brazil”. This is a very

As part of a general study into the fallow types in various parakeet species, we are looking for breeders of

Bird from the collection of Mr. Jazfer Marte (The Philippines)

A proposal for a revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no.