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Animal Care Studies - Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, RichmondJuvenile males are more active in general behaviour than juvenile females. Juvenilemales begin to use their voice to chortle and chuckle to themselves. Juvenile femalesseldom utter more than an ordinary call note. This activity may be another usefulindication of sex.AgingJuveniles lack notching on primary feathers; outer primaries all slightly pointed, but noneas pointed as primaries of adult male, but all slightly more pointed than primaries of adultfemale. (refer Figure 12.)The general age of the current wild population is unknown. Further observations of P.swainsonii are required to determine if mature aged birds are being successfully replacedto maintain a viable wild population. (Forshaw 2002) (Higgins 1999) (Lendon 1979)(Proctor and Lynch 1993) (Sindel and Gill 2003)Figure 12. Primaries (a) Juvenile (b) Adult female (c) Adult male.4 Housing Requirements4.1 Exhibit/Enclosure DesignBroadly speaking an exhibit/enclosure designed to house P. swainsonii for public displaycan vary depending on the purpose and number of birds. The purpose or main use of theenclosure should be established prior to any design being completed. Is the enclosure forbreeding display purposes or simply for display purposes with no breeding to take place?If it is a breeding display is P. swainsonii to be exhibited as individual breeding pairs,several pairs to establish a breeding colony or as a one or more breeding pairs in a mixeddisplay aviary with other compatible bird species with which no hybridization can takeplace? If it is a non-breeding display where for example only males of several compatibleKeith Naylor 28/3/2005 Version 3 23