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Only parrot where male and female have completely different plumage..... very inquisitive lad, reminds me a bit of a muppet (-;
I don't know if this Hyacinth Macaw is truly learned, but parrots are very smart, and this one looked like it was ready to address the class. Taken last week on an overcast day, with beautiful soft light, at the San Diego Zoo.
Other pictures I have taken at our world famous zoo can be seen in my creatively named San Diego Zoo album.
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Other pictures that I've taken of birds are in my Birds album.
This is our silly and happy African Grey parrot, posing for me with that inquisitive eye :))
He is 19 years old and loves to whistle the theme song of the Andy Griffith Show. He's continually rattling off many words and phrases, from "Good morning. Did you sleep well?", to "Nite-nite, sleep tight, kiss-kiss"! He's a real hoot...
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The parrots are a broad order of more than 350 birds. Macaws, Amazons, lorikeets, lovebirds, cockatoos and many others are all considered parrots.
Though there is great diversity among these birds, there are similarities as well. All parrots have curved beaks and all are zygodactyls, meaning they have four toes on each foot, two pointing forward and two projecting backward. Most parrots eat fruit, flowers, buds, nuts, seeds, and some small creatures such as insects.
Parrots are found in warm climates all over most of the world. The greatest diversities exist in Australasia, Central America, and South America.
Many parrots are kept as pets, especially macaws, Amazon parrots, cockatiels, parakeets, and cockatoos. These birds have been popular companions throughout history because they are intelligent, charismatic, colorful, and musical. Some birds can imitate many nonavian sounds, including human speech. The male African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is the most accomplished user of human speech in the animal world; this rain forest-dweller is an uncanny mimic.
Currently the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) bans the sale of any wild-caught species, yet the parrots' popularity continues to drive illegal trade.
Our silly pet African Grey parrot, Arthur, peering into my iPhone 6 camera...
He is 21 years old and going strong!
...relishing a custard apple in my backyard :-)
We always keep few custard apples for birds and squirrels...so that,they enjoy eating them and we enjoy watching them :-)
Photo taken at Queens Park Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Interesting history about it's name.; Called "Polytelis Alexandrae". Named after Princess Alexandrae of Denmark who married Edward, Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward the V11 of England.
The Princess Parrot is a medium sized parrot, 34 to 46 cms long. The plumage is mostly green with a pink throat, bluish crown, and bright green shoulders. The rump is blue and the tail is long and narrow. The males have longer tail feathers and brighter coloring than females. The male also has a coral-red beak, while the female's is duller and has a greyish crown. Their life span is thought to be as long as 30 years.