Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

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Cage & Aviary Birds

Keep what you’ve fledged • If like DAVID ALLEN your breeding numbers have been modest this year, the last thing you want is to lose any birds during the moult. Here’s how Dave works to prevent that

Meet with a purpose • Better still, meet with more than one purpose! DAVE BROWN suggests some ways to breathe new life into the traditional AGM format and make it a treat rather than a chore

A closer look at colours in feral pigeons • Right under our noses in towns and cities, a kaleidoscope of colour mutations is on display in the range of plumages shown by our familiar feral pigeons. It’s another reason why these birds deserves more attention and more respect, says HEIN VAN GROUW

My quest for the quetzal • What’s the best thing to do about your dream bird? Life is short, so make sure you see it, reckons DARREN SEFTON. And this year his own dream came true - he succeeded in seeing the resplendent quetzal in the bird-rich highlands of Panama. After a while, that is…

I’m trying a mid-season feeding switch • In an effort to improve results in the late stages of his 2026 breeding season, David is taking the unusual step of changing the diet of one of his species, the hooded siskin

Citizen science helps rare parrots in the Philippines • How do you find out critical breeding information on rare parrots when you’ve only got a tiny team? Use photos posted online by the public! DAVID WAUGH reports on a productive example of this method

Air- and ground-attack warning • Just like keepers of cage birds, pigeon fanciers need to guard their stock against a variety of predators. A systematic and thought-through approach is called for, says DAVE BROWN

Understanding bird communities • If you keep birds, you have a fascinating community. With wild birds, the study of how different species live together is not merely fascinating but critically important, reports PAUL DONOVAN

Budgie show season kicks off with 11th combined annual show • ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALIST BUDGERIGAR SOCIETIES & COMBINED SHOW

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

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