Celui qui a traduit cette article n'est pas très doué et ne connait rien au perroquets. Il s'agit de perruches à collier et non pas de gris d'Afrique, quelle bêtise!
Je ne crois pas plus à cette histoire de descendants d'oiseaux échappés pendant le tournage du African Queen, c'est romantique, mais très peu probable.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34
Le problème avec les perruches à collier férales est assez grave en Angleterre (et ailleurs).
Tiny populations have been spotted in Britain since 1855, but only in recent years has the number started to increase sharply. Colonies of the birds, also known as rose-ringed parakeets, have become established across the South East, including, for years, a large roost of about 6,000 around Esher Rugby Club in Surrey. Parakeets have been seen as far north as Manchester, but only in small groups that are thought to die out because of inbreeding. In time, however, they are expected to spread more widely.
In London last year the parakeet, whose call is a sharp and carrying kee-ak kee-ak, was among the 20 most-sighted birds, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) estimates that their number will rise to 50,000 by 2010.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 550997.ece
par hello » Mer Oct 22, 2008 3:36 am 
