It really does amaze me that more zoos aren't keeping this attractive, critically endangered, easily acquired, and seemingly simple to house species.
They're partial nectarivores- how possible would it be to set up a 'lorikeet landing'-style walkthrough with a large flock?
@Swampy from my very limited observations of this species, they are rather shy and tend to be less active than lorikeets. They are smaller than rainbow lorikeets too, so I don't think they would take to hand feeding. A flock flying in a good size walk-through aviary would look spectacular and the books say that can be kept with finches etc, so that might be nice: but I don't know how well they would breed in that sort of situation.
@Terry Thomas Interesting! What might its parents be? I haven't seen a swift since I visited Len Hill's old Birdland in 1972, and I didn't pay too much attention to them then as they were next to his Lear's macaws I really know very little about them.
