Parrot
In my previous post I shared the yellow and blue Macaw. This week I would like to share a Parrot. As we all know Parrots are very popular as pets. I find Parrot as an intelligent and sociable. They can talk or imitate our voices. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Parrots, also known as psittacines (pronounced /ˈsɪtəsaɪnz/),[2][3] are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes,[4] found in most warm and tropical regions. The order is subdivded in three families: the Psittacidae (‘true’ parrots), the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) and the Nestoridae (New Zealand parrots).[5] Parrots have a pan-tropical distribution with several species inhabiting the temperate Southern Hemisphere as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is found in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Most parrots are predominantly green, with other bright colors, and some species are multi-colored. Cockatoo species range from mostly white to mostly black, and have a mobile crest of feathers on the top of their heads. Most parrots are monomorphic or minimally sexually dimorphic. They are the most variably sized bird order in terms of length.
The most important components of most parrots’ diets are seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant material, and a few species also eat insects and small animals, and the lories and lorikeets are specialised to feed on nectar from flowers, and soft fruits. Almost all parrots nest in tree holes (or nest boxes in captivity), and lay white eggs from which emerge altricial (helpless) young.
Parrots, along with ravens, crows, jays and magpies, are some of the most intelligent birds, and the ability of some parrot species to imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets. Trapping of wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as other hunting, habitat loss and competition from invasive species, have diminished wild populations, and parrots have been subjected to more exploitation than any other group of birds.[6] Recent conservation measures to conserve the habitats of some of the high-profile charismatic parrot species has also protected many of the less charismatic species living in the ecosystem.[7]
Beautiful. I love parrots and macaws!
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What beautiful color on that bird.
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Beautiful bird. I love the colored tufts for feathers or whatever on its beak.
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Beautiful parrot!
LNR: What a neat bird and you got some great close-ups.
I love the 2nd shot
Parrots are wonderful creatures!
Great shots! Parrots are amazing creatures!
Your parrot is adorable and I bet has a great personality. Great images!
Oh my goodness, that parrot is beautiful!
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Beautiful photos of an intelligent bird. Nice to learn more about parrots.
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Beautiful bird! I love the fluffy red feathers on its beak.
Cool Parrot, I love the second closeup photo .
Beautiful bird!
Wonderful photographs of this kewl parrot and interesting facts too.
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Lovely bird – is he yours? I’ve never had one as a pet, but I’ve visited with friends who do and find them (the parrots) very engaging creatures.
Great close up of the head.
Your second shot is “the shot.” Very good close up on the parrot. Nice composition. My aunt had a myna bird. We bird sat once and it was a hoot.
Yes, I knew that parrots were intelligent birds – and they do look it, don’t they? When they’re not being clowns, that is! Nice bit of information about them, too.
Thanks for all the information of parrots and nice photos.
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Parrots were just meant to be photographed! Beautiful captures!