Abstract
Summary
This discussion was intended to provide the reader with insight into psittacine behavior, and address some remedies to avoid or resolve reproductive problems encountered with these birds in the aviary. The generalizations found within this paper may not be applicable to all situations and species, but hopefully provided the reader with a foundation by which to understand and interpret many types of psittacine reproductive behaviors in captivity.
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