Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine

5 July 2023

Most birdkeepers would love to keep a cuckoo or two! The challenge is their brood-parasitic lifestyle – but did you know most cuckoo species are “normal” nesters? This and many other fascinating facts are revealed in a wide-ranging profile of “the other cuckoos”. Staying with exotics, we have a bulbul-rich bulletin on softbills breeding, but we also feature the more familiar worlds of canaries and budgies, with some invaluable first-hand advice from Border maestro Paul Heathcote catching the eye. Zebra finches and shrikes also come under scrutiny, along with expert guidance on the nutritional content of the seeds you probably buy lots of!