The parrot is a typical climbing bird, with anti-toed feet, two toes forward and two toes backward, suitable for grasping, strong and powerful beak, and can eat hard-shelled fruits. The feathers are brightly colored and are often kept as pets.

They are more appreciated and loved for their beautiful feathers and good language skills.

The largest of the parrots is the purple-blue macaw, which can reach 100 cm in length, and the smallest is the blue-crowned short-tailed parrot, which is only 12 cm in length.

Parrots are smart, good at learning, and can perform many novel and interesting programs after training. They can learn various skills such as: raising flags, feeding, riding bicycles, pulling carts, somersaults, etc.

Parrots are closely related to the development of human civilization and are also the best partners and friends of human beings.

Living habits.

Food.

Most parrots eat mainly plant fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, buds and branches on trees or on the ground, and also eat small amounts of insects. The lorikeet feeds on pollen, nectar, and soft, juicy fruit.

Live.

Parrots like to live in groups. When rearing at home, try to keep a pair, otherwise the parrot will feel lonely.

Parrots are tropical birds and are not hardy. Keeping a few more can keep each other warm and avoid frostbite and freezing to death.

Grab food with left foot.

From the frequency of feeding with left and right feet, more than 72% of parrots tended to use their left foot to grab food.

The comparative anatomy of the hindlimb muscles found that the parrots who often used their left feet to grab food had significantly longer left feet than their right feet, while parrots who often used their right feet had their right feet slightly longer than their left feet.

Life.

Average lifespan of a parrot: 30 to 60 years. Generally, small parrots are 7-20 years old, medium and large parrots have an average life expectancy of 30-60 years, and some medium-sized parrots can live to about 80 years old.

The oldest bird in the world is a parrot, an Amazon parrot named Jamie, who was born on December 3, 1870 in Liverpool, England, and died on November 5, 1975 at the age of 105.

Population status.

With the extension of the footprint of human civilization and the development of industrialization, these beautiful birds are also facing the deterioration of the living environment, the population has dropped sharply, and some species have been or are close to extinction.

Natural enemy.

The natural enemies of parrots are mainly medium and large raptors, such as falcons, shrikes, etc. Even crows have preyed on small parrots.

If it is a domestic parrot pet, its natural enemies are mostly mammals, such as cats, dogs and weasels, etc., which are animals that owners need to be vigilant about.

If it were you, would you like to have a parrot?