South Africa's Leading Bird Keeping Club
The Rand Avicultural Society, based in Gauteng area, is South Africa’s leading bird keeping club. Our members specialise in South African, African, Australian, Asiatic and South American Finches, Doves and Ground birds, as well as Softbills, Parrots and Parrot-like birds.
We welcome beginners and experienced bird keepers, and are able to offer a number of benefits, including:
The largest generalised bird keeping club in South Africa that caters for a range of species, from Finches to Macaws
Bird keeping clubs often make regular financial contributions to various bird related conservation initiatives.
Opportunities to attend talks/seminars/conferences by knowledgeable speakers on specialised topics, such as bird aviaries (inside and outside), keeping caged birds (national and international species), avian healthcare and The Southern Ground Hornbill etc.
Access to videos on how South African bird keepers put their love for the hobby into practice.
Modern day technologies for club management.
RAS WhatsApp chat group open to all members to enjoy extremely informative information, including visuals and videos.
Annual Bird Expo
Annual Breeders Awards
The members of the Rand Avicultural Society are granted access to our interactive WhatsApp chat group where all kinds of birds are discussed. The club ranges from beginner to experts alike, all sharing the same podium where they can ask questions and share knowledge and ideas with other members with regards to the species they keep or just bird keeping in general. Our monthly meetings also takes place on the chat group giving an equal spread to our members across the country. Some of our fun activities include monthly raffles which are mostly birds, occasional aviary visits and other events. We have a year end get together paid for in full by the club, with a super raffle generating a lot of interest every year. We also have one or two bird shows a year catering for our members who like to exhibit their birds. We also have a WhatsApp sales group where our members can advertise birds for sale or ask for birds wanted.
Membership fees are R300.00 per year and gives you access to all of the above and so much more.
We provide an online magazine with useful, interesting and relevant articles about aviculture and birding around the globe.
Our mission is: To provide information about aviculture and birding for the wellbeing and conservation of birds all over the world.