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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=psittaciformes

Increasing foraging times with appetitive and consummatory foraging enrichment in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Authors: M. H. C. Beekmans, C. M. Vinke, A. Maijer, I. de Haan, N. J. Schoemaker, T. B. Rodenburg, H. S. Kooistra, Y. R. A. van Zeeland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, appetitive behaviour, Consummatory behaviour, enrichment, foraging, psittaciformes

2023

Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots

Authors: Emma L Mellor, Heather K McDonald Kinkaid, Michael T Mendl, Innes C Cuthill, Yvonne RA van Zeeland, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, captive breeding, parrots, phylogenetic comparative methods, stress

2021

Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review

Authors: Emma Mellor, Ben Brilot, Sarah Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, bird welfare, causation, development, evolution, function

2018

The effect of auditory enrichment, rearing method and social environment on the behavior of zoo-housed psittacines (Aves: Psittaciformes); implications for welfare

Authors: Isabelle Williams, Will Hoppitt, Rachel Grant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: auditory enrichment, hand rearing, parrot, psittacine, welfare

2017

The welfare and suitability of parrots as companion animals: a review

Authors: M. Engebretson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive parrots, captive wildlife, companion animals, pet ownership, pet trade

2006

Influences on the transport and establishment of exotic bird species: an analysis of the parrots (Psittaciformes) of the world

Authors: Phillip Cassey, Tim M. Blackburn, Gareth J. Russell, Kate E. Jones, Julie L. Lockwood

Publication/Journal: Global Change Biology

Keywords: aliens, exotics, introduction, invasion, parrots, transport

2004

Ultraviolet signals in birds are special

Authors: F. Hausmann, K. E. Arnold, N. J. Marshall, I. P. F. Owens

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Keywords: birds, color, colour, fluorescence, sexual selection, signalling, ultraviolet reflectance

2003

Visual pigments and oil droplets from six classes of photoreceptor in the retinas of birds

Authors: JK, Bowmaker, LA, Heath, SE, Wilkie, DM. Hunt

Publication/Journal: Vision Research

Keywords: absorption, bird, budgerigar, colour vision, cone, double cone, long-wave, long-wave cone class, melopsittacus undulatus, microspectrophotometric, oil droplet, psittaciformes, retinal photoreceptors, shell parakeet, single cone, taeniopygia guttata, visual pigment, visualpigments, zebra finch

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