{"id":36022,"date":"2022-12-07T02:48:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=36022"},"modified":"2025-11-10T00:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:13:32","slug":"lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36024\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36024 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"African grey parrot, Congo grey, grey parrot\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Ifeanyi Ezenwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of all the parrot species, African greys are one of the most heavily trafficked for export. In Nigeria, the greys are further threatened because of strong competition for habitat with palm oil farmers and corporations. With ever more people in the world, there is more demand for palm oil, which inevitably leads to less space for grey parrots. Sometimes it takes a special person to look out passionately for a particular species. Enter Ifeanyi Ezenwa, a Nigerian conservationist who started out with a love for nature at a very early age, but it was a volunteer conservation project exploring the African grey population, threats, and trafficking which sparked his desire to do more for this most special species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36023\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36023 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Nigeria landscape\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Ifeanyi Ezenwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, Ezenwa applied for and was awarded a $15K grant from the Conservation Leadership Program to study possible ways of reconciling the development of palm oil plantations with habitat needs for endangered greys. Since Nigeria\u2019s Trade and Investment Ministry has plans to create an additional three million hectares of palm oil estates by 2027, this will pose an even greater threat to the remaining habitat for greys and other large frugivorous birds, and a conservation plan is imperative.<\/p>\n<h3>Saving Land To Save African Greys<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36025\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36025 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Rowan-Martin-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"African grey parrots, grey parrots, greys\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Rowan-Martin-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Rowan-Martin-1.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Ifeanyi Ezenwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ezenwa has his work cut out for him \u2014 navigating the needs of government, community, and business stakeholders. He hopes to develop strategies for sparing land areas with high conservation value from farming exploitation. In addition, he will strategize possible ways that farmers and African greys can share land by keeping key resources for parrots within palm oil commercial areas. The goal \u2014 sustainability for both purposes, no small task. As Ezenwa rightly says <em>\u201cthe expansion without due consideration of the welfare of biodiversity will lead to the destruction of remaining ecosystems that support wildlife.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>African greys are considered a flagship species. If they can\u2019t survive the expansion of palm oil production, what will this mean for other animal species in Nigeria? \u00a0We wish Ezenwa much success with this planning project essential to the survival of the African greys in Nigeria!<\/p>\n<p>Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Grant this month goes to support Ezenwa\u2019s Nigerian planning project, via the World Parrot Trust. This donation will directly help the African greys of Nigeria. You can learn more about Ifeanyi Ezenwa\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation-careers.com\/conservation-jobs-careers-advice\/interivews\/protecting-the-forest-home-of-one-of-the-smartest-birds-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> <em>(link below).<\/em> If you would also like to help, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parrots.org\/donate\">https:\/\/www.parrots.org\/donate<\/a> and designate your donation for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9047,"featured_media":36024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editor-choice","category-everyday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ann Brooks\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035\"},\"headline\":\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Editor Choice\",\"Everyday\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035\"},\"description\":\"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Image courtes of Ifeanyi Ezenwa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds\",\"description\":\"Two Generations of Veterinarians Caring &amp; Working for the Health of Animals\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035\",\"name\":\"Ann Brooks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ann Brooks\"},\"description\":\"Ann Brooks is co-Founder of the Phoenix Landing Foundation, an adoption and education organization serving several east coast states. She loves to promote parrot care information that helps birds to thrive, and works with other Phoenix Landing volunteers to make good adoption matches. Her passion is nutrition and she wrote the \u201cNourish to Flourish\u201d cookbook. She is a huge fan of the quality products offered by Lafeber. Ann also organizes an annual Phoenix Landing eco-tour to support wild parrot conservation and research. That interest led to this Lafeber series, called \u201cThe Global Parrot.\u201d She hopes others will also support the many dedicated scientists who are working so hard to preserve the parrots species we love and value so much. Ann has lived with birds for over 35 years. Phoenix, her greenwing macaw, is the inspiration behind Phoenix Landing. Most birds need a succession of good homes, through no fault of their own. She realized that Phoenix should outlive her, and wanted to make sure there was a reliable adoption apparatus in place to ensure that Phoenix has a place to \u201cland.\u201d So she retired from her senior federal position to volunteer full-time with Phoenix Landing, which turned 25 years old in April 2025. By 2025, Phoenix Landing had rehomed more than 3,500 birds. Some of these have even required more than one home because people\u2019s lives often change. Adoption is a positive, not a negative, way to acquire a deserving bird. Phoenix Landing believes that parrots need to be protected across their long lives and probable multiple homes. Ann believes that adoption is inevitable and organizations that provide life-long protection for individual birds is essential. Ann is a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians AAV and an IAABC-certified behavior consultant.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/author\\\/annb\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.","description":"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.","og_description":"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.","og_url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/","og_site_name":"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds","article_published_time":"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ann Brooks","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ann Brooks","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/"},"author":{"name":"Ann Brooks","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/#\/schema\/person\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035"},"headline":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria","datePublished":"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/"},"wordCount":455,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png","articleSection":["Editor Choice","Everyday"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/","url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/","name":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png","datePublished":"2022-12-07T08:48:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-10T06:13:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/#\/schema\/person\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035"},"description":"This month\u2019s Lafeber Conservation spotlight takes us to Nigeria, where conservationist Ifeanyi Ezenwa has turned his love for nature into becoming a conservationist to help African grey parrots in their native area.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Credit-Ifeanyi-Ezenwa-1.png","width":960,"height":640,"caption":"Image courtes of Ifeanyi Ezenwa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-congo-african-greys-of-nigeria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Congo African Greys Of Nigeria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/","name":"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds","description":"Two Generations of Veterinarians Caring &amp; Working for the Health of Animals","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/#\/schema\/person\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035","name":"Ann Brooks","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ann-phoenix-96x96.jpg","caption":"Ann Brooks"},"description":"Ann Brooks is co-Founder of the Phoenix Landing Foundation, an adoption and education organization serving several east coast states. She loves to promote parrot care information that helps birds to thrive, and works with other Phoenix Landing volunteers to make good adoption matches. Her passion is nutrition and she wrote the \u201cNourish to Flourish\u201d cookbook. She is a huge fan of the quality products offered by Lafeber. Ann also organizes an annual Phoenix Landing eco-tour to support wild parrot conservation and research. That interest led to this Lafeber series, called \u201cThe Global Parrot.\u201d She hopes others will also support the many dedicated scientists who are working so hard to preserve the parrots species we love and value so much. Ann has lived with birds for over 35 years. Phoenix, her greenwing macaw, is the inspiration behind Phoenix Landing. Most birds need a succession of good homes, through no fault of their own. She realized that Phoenix should outlive her, and wanted to make sure there was a reliable adoption apparatus in place to ensure that Phoenix has a place to \u201cland.\u201d So she retired from her senior federal position to volunteer full-time with Phoenix Landing, which turned 25 years old in April 2025. By 2025, Phoenix Landing had rehomed more than 3,500 birds. Some of these have even required more than one home because people\u2019s lives often change. Adoption is a positive, not a negative, way to acquire a deserving bird. Phoenix Landing believes that parrots need to be protected across their long lives and probable multiple homes. Ann believes that adoption is inevitable and organizations that provide life-long protection for individual birds is essential. Ann is a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians AAV and an IAABC-certified behavior consultant.","url":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/author\/annb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45954,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36022\/revisions\/45954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}