How Wild Parrots Found Refuge in A Big City

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5 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong’s city center has become an unexpected safe space for wild endangered cockatoos. But how did these parrots from Indonesia get there in the first place? And how did they manage to adapt to the city’s hustle and bustle?
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Producer and Reporter: Venus Wu
Videographer and Editor: Joel Roche
Animation: Ray Ngan
Mastering: Joel Roche
Music: Audio Network

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@Sportymale 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my fist visit to Hong Kong in 1994 as an 11 year old boy. As an Australian, I remember clearly seeing these birds and knowing they weren’t Sulphur Crested Cockatoos as they were noticeably smaller and had different habits. I actually asked around about them but as those days were pre-internet, no one seemed to know what they were. Seeing the Yellow Crests in Hong Kong was certainly unique and I love seeing them whenever I’m there.

@cinnamonheart2577 5 жыл бұрын

The parrots are so cute hope they repopulate and find a good home

@heylilmamaletmewhisperinur1673 5 жыл бұрын

4:03 That Macaw is like "Yo!, what about me? Yeah, dat's right! Uh-huh! uh-huh!" XD

@TheSaneHatter 5 жыл бұрын

Where I live in Austin, Texas, we've been developing urban habitats for a threatened bird species called the Purple Martin for years. In fact, there's a private company (called Purple martin Propagators) that builds birdhouses for them, which has been a viable business for a generation or so. Could similar actions, both public and private, be undertaken to accommodate the cockatoos in Hong Kong?

@Goldthread 5 жыл бұрын

That's fascinating! We dug around a bit after seeing your question. Apparently some researchers once tried setting up birdhouses for Hong Kong's cockatoos, but they weren't interested at all. Having said that, very few people in Hong Kong are doing research on these birds to begin with, and most in the public are not even aware they are endangered. So there's definitely more that can be done to protect them. Thanks again for the very thoughtful question!

@technolen2 4 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly surprised people managed to even fit these birds in a water bottle. Like... how? I still feel sorry for them regardless but I'm still curious to how these smugglers even pulled it off.

@dirtywashedupsparkle 2 жыл бұрын

I discovered these recently in an old book called 'Birds of Hong Kong' by Viney and Phillips (1988, 4th edition) - they're listed as sulphur-crested cockatoos, although it also says 'more correctly called "Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo." Endangered? I thought no - but I think halfway through this video I realised that yes, they're actually a different variety to the sulphur-crested one, smaller and sometimes that plumage around the eyes. The book mentions the story of birds being released from Flagstaff House in 1941 prior to invasion by the Japanese, and also some of the birds at time of print still had chains on their legs!

@BeccaNunan 5 жыл бұрын

Wow that Astrid is so knowledgeable and not to mention beautiful! Well done this video is amazing!

@7ddruff17 2 жыл бұрын

I love these guys even they are very noisy neighbours

@harryhathaway1086 4 жыл бұрын

What this woman is describing about cockatoos isn't always true it's a hit and miss. However because they are so intelligent they need to be busy they need to stay busy and when you lock them up in a cage with nothing to do that is a recipe for getting bit. My cockatoo along with my two African Greys have chewed all the wood trim on my windows chewed holes do my sheetrock they are very destructive if they don't have something to do.

@Sportymale 2 жыл бұрын

Yellow Crests are very different to sulphurs, galahs and corellas. Some cockatoo species like Gang Gangs don’t make good pets at all. The Yellow Crest I’ve heard is very similar.

@harryhathaway1086 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see a breeding program start in Florida and have them live in Florida. I don't know how that would work when hurricanes come in though.

@theunknown650 5 жыл бұрын

I'm really late because I was at school, but when I got home I had a awesome vid to watch love you Goldthread and also there is soooo many of those cockatoos where I live (Australia)

@Goldthread 5 жыл бұрын

Hello! Our producer Venus is super psyched about cockatoos and she says hi.

@theunknown650 5 жыл бұрын

Goldthread thankyou so much tell her I said hi back! Love you

@revolversmoke 5 жыл бұрын

IKR I was endangered? I didn't know they were endangered. Oh its their relative that's endangered ok... But as for the sulphur crested cockatoo, there's so many of them that come for sunflower seeds and they chew off your fascia and your money tree idly sitting on the front verandah if you don't feed them, they will fly onto your fly screen door cause they know you humans are inside.

@theunknown650 5 жыл бұрын

revolversmoke Lol

@HKflashpoint 10 ай бұрын

香港係褔地！HongKong is a blessed land. Everyone find home here.

@jojoyung842 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video •ᴗ•

@harryhathaway1086 4 жыл бұрын

A Sulphur crested cocky named Icky owns one human being and that human being IS ME ! I did not want to start out this comment saying I own a cockatoo. Because in essence dont they us ? Lol Mine is spoiled rotten OMG 🤪

@kylin3197 5 жыл бұрын

GOLDTHREAD💛💛💛🌼🌼🌼

@LombokUrbanFarming 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, salam drom Indonesia, is that cockatoos from mollucas?

@Thinkofwhat Жыл бұрын

Maybe plants some fruit trees or nuts around their adopted habitat would encourage population growth perhaps…

@mcaroni Жыл бұрын

Saludos desde Venezuela Guacamayas de Caracas patrimonio de la ciudad siempre libres para volar ❤❤❤ Volar en libertad 🎉🎉🎉 NO al tráfico ilegal de Aves exóticas tropicales en vía de extinción. NO a tenerlas enjaulada presa de por Vida en jaulas pequeñas eso es de personas malvadas y egoístas son Aves qué merecen volar libremente por sus bosques húmedos tropicales . NO a tenerlas prisioneras como terroristas en Guantánamo.

@ballistic350 5 жыл бұрын

Smart ass birds along with the African greys...I owned a grey man they are loud af ..couldnt take it sold it..lol

@GiggyM Жыл бұрын

3:53

@LisaLisa-go5cv 5 жыл бұрын

That horrible music we can do without it's giving me a headache how come every body thinks people want to hear noise the birds would be so beautiful without that horrible loud music

@t-800o 2 жыл бұрын

Literally made me sick seeing the cockatoos in the bottles, they would be in pain, they would be scared shitless, and they would have been stuffed in so violently. The only way we can fix this problem is by shutting down all pet stores. No more buying birds, send the birds we have to good homes but we should stop all commercial breeding of birds.

@tuttymeilianni7878 4 жыл бұрын

Please don't catch them and take care of their habitat 😥

@me2525 5 жыл бұрын

0:29 They aren't from China...That's why they aren't in China. They're in Hong Kong.

@scottalexander4453 2 жыл бұрын

You do know that Hong Kong is part of China now, don't you? (apparently not).

@me2525 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottalexander4453 officially yes it is. But ask anyone from Hong Kong and none of them will say they are from China.

@TSUBDIR 11 ай бұрын

@@me2525 In fact, Hong Kong is a part of China. China has full sovereignty over Hong Kong and legally stations its military there (the People's Liberation Army). You seem to be Caucasian, perhaps British? If you have a different view on this, you could discuss it with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ask her why she fell in China. Historically speaking, the British invaders merely leased Hong Kong from China. Please abandon your arrogance and colonialist mindset and respect the nations and countries that have suffered at the hands of white invaders. If you are from Hong Kong, then you should know that it was the Chinese central government that protected Hong Kong's fragile economy during the Southeast Asian financial crisis in the 1990s. Hong Kong's prosperity is inseparable from the policy support of the central government. People in Hong Kong should be aware of this. If there are Hong Kongers who believe that Hong Kong is not a part of China, they should properly study the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and consider whether they have the capacity to confront the Hong Kong Police Force's National Security Division.

@one1onetime935 3 жыл бұрын

LIES!! They do HUNT THEM!!!!!!!!!!! They only make about 50 cent a bird (the poacher)!! Bull**** my cockatoo makes a VERY GOOD pet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blasphemy !!!!!!!!!!!