The Beautiful Characteristics Of An African Parrot

By Eric Ward


All kinds of African parrot look similar, there actually are two distinct kind and the lesser known subcategory of that bird. Most common and popular is the African grey. It is the largest of the African parrots in sporting of lighter gray in color. They are precious that is why there is African Parrot Foundations.

They would be generally be inhabiting the coastal mangroves, savannas and the edges of the forest clearings in the central and west range of Africa. Though the bigger African grey subcategory referred is to Congo grey that bird has actually much wider in natural range at Africa, including southeastern Kenya, Tanzania and ivory coast. The Timneh greys are found in smaller region of western edge of ivory coast.

It is native in Africa including Cameroon, Gabon, Congo and Angola, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. Those species could be found inside the range to eastern part in ivory coast from Kenya. The current estimates in global population could be uncertain and would range from zero sixty three to thirteen million birds. Those populations would be decreasing worldwide.

Because of the seeds and grains mostly are the formed and whole in berry shape, that would encourage the bird in nibbling and holding the food. That would mimic foraging which they grey do in wild. They would seem affected in commotion and stress in the environment and could put more in ease via placing them in one corner against wall instead of middle. The owner should know how to take care of the parrot.

They are monogamous of a breeder which nest in cavities of the tree. Every couple parrot would need own tree in nesting. Hen would lay five to three eggs that she would incubates for around thirty days while fed by the mate. Those adults would defend the nesting sites.

The grey parrot has known in living for around eighty years on captivity, it is imperative to those that adopt them which could commit in lifetime of the living alongside bird. They are emotional sensitive too that able in handling the bounced to owner from owner yet there are lot of them that sadly has several homes through their lifetimes because of those people that is rushing in adopting bird without thinking fully the responsibility.

Those are frugivorous most of the diet would consists of seeds, nuts and fruit. Those species would prefer palm oil fruit and eat the flowers or tree bark also snails and insects. In wild, grey parrots are partly of ground feeder. In the captivity though it could eat the bird pellets the various fruits like orange, pear, pomegranate, banana and apple also vegetables like celery, peas, carrot and green beans.

Their ability in talking and mimicking the sound make the medium sized of a parrot the captivating companion. The owners would often report in which the greys talk on context and would seem to attune in people emotion. They could not only just be top talker that bird known also for the extreme brilliance.

Much of appeal in greys would come from the talking ability. It would be among of best talkers in parrot family which able in repeating phrases and words just after hearing those in twice or once. Those birds would reach the full talking capability around age of year and most would become capable in mimicking in earlier months.




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