This post’s “bird men” are not selling birds to “benevolent” customers; in this case the feathered captives have zero chance of being freed.
These “bird men” are in the tourism/entertainment business.
In every sense, Lahore Fort is the “big one” among the walled city’s architectural/artistic gems.
It sprawls across 20 hectares; one of its various “Mughal heritage treasures” is the world’s biggest picture wall/mural.
Inevitably, a few non-heritage, merely-opportunistic “attractions” have inserted themselves into this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Eventually, this series will pay proper attention to Lahore Fort’s actual treasures.
The pictured raptor was probably captured locally, or bred from locally-captured parents.
Obviously, the pictured parrots were not.
Pre-1492, macaws – like tomatoes, potatoes and chillies – existed only in American places south of what later became the three Americas’ most powerful nation.
“America” footnote
The USA – which likes to call itself “America” – is far from the first “superpower”.
It is, however, unique in having arrogated – as its name – the keyword in two entire continents’ names.
(Central America is part of North America, continentally)
In area, Canada is the North American continent’s biggest nation.
The USA is the Americas’ most populous nation, but the overwhelming majority of the three Americas’ total population dwell in other nations.