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Captive facilities

Captive breeding and display

The captive Orange-bellied Parrot (OBP) population has several important purposes, including serving as an insurance population against extinction and supplementing the wild population through a breeding-and-release program.

Non-breeding captive institutions also support the species' recovery through raising public awareness and education, as well as allowing researchers to better study aspects of OBP health, behaviour, and biology in a controlled and accessible environment.

Listed below are links to participating Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA)-accredited captive institutions housing Orange-bellied Parrots.  

The following institutions plan to have OBPs on display to the public in the near future:

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