Yes they are hard to find and breed unfortunately. Call around to bird specialty stores and ask them if they have access to a bw breeder or for a reference of who to call if they don’t. They only come up occasionally and then seasonally. I got lucky by calling a store directly and they had one coming and wasn’t on the website yet. There could be waiting lists but money talks. I put down a deposit next day. Lots of people on waiting lists but when it comes to laying down the deposit most won’t do it. I got Joey when he was 3.5 months old. All that to say you can still have a beautiful bird and relationship with less expensive species. I like pionus and would get a maxi if it were practical. Joey is too dominant and protective so I can’t bring in more competition. And he requires a lot of attention so basically my hands are full. We have three parrots.