Lubomir Tomiska is a zoologist and aviculturist, who was born in 1991 in the Czech Republic. He spent much of his childhood in pet shops, which were a part of his family business. At that time, his interest in animals, birds particularly, had risen. During his youth, he kept many bird species, especially small Australian Parakeets, Lovebirds, and exotic finches. In 2007, he started breeding lories and lorikeets which became his favourite group of parrots. Later on, he built a special facility for these birds and kept more than 20 different species and subspecies.
In 2015, he obtained Master of Science Degree at Charles University (Prague), in the field of Ecology and Zoology. During studies, he dedicated his time to research activities focused on the topic “How to manipulate sex ratio in birds”. For this purpose, he built a research aviary complex in his house for 30 pairs of Zebra finches where the above-mentioned hypothesis was tested.
In 2016, he moved to Tenerife and started working at Loro Parque Fundación as Assistant Bird Curator. Due to this opportunity, he had a chance to work with the most diverse collection of parrots in the world. He worked there as a right hand and deputy of the bird curator Marcia Weinzettl. As a team, they participated in the management of the bird department. His tasks included supervision of the breeding center La Vera, development of feeding and breeding protocols, and arranging bird imports and exports.
In 2021, he returned from Tenerife to the Czech Republic. Today, he works as a consultant in zoo management and bird breeding. Besides that, he cooperates with the Arndt Verlag publishing house as a Member of the Editorial Board. He is a member of the Life Science Education Trust. He also runs a blog website ParrotsDailyNews.com.
