African Grey Parrot
Image courtesy of Hal Armstrong
African Grey Parrot
Image courtesy of Hal Armstrong
| Name: African Grey Parrot |
| Scientific name: Psittacus erithacus |
| Range:West and Central Africa |
| Habitat: along the rivers and mangrove swamps within their range |
| Status: Not threatened |
| Diet in the wild: sunflower, hemp, ground-nuts, buckwheat, and plain canary, fruits, and green food, and grit. |
| Diet in the zoo: fruits, seeds, berries, and nuts. |
| Location in the zoo: not currently on exhibit |
| Physical description: 35mm(14 in.) One of the most familiar
members of the parrot family, it has the ability
to mimic human voices. Entire plumage, silvery gray, paler on the under surfaces; tail and under tail coverts bright red. Their legs are dark gray. The sexes are alike. |
| General information:
Along the rivers and mangrove swamps within their range. |
| Special anatomical, physiological or behavioral adaptations:
They have very powerful beaks, if they get mad they can give a nasty bite. |
| Comments about the parrots of the Fort Worth Zoo.
The parrots are very playful and they are very well behaved. Sometime african grey can be describes as introverted and somewhat shy, they can also be "neurotic". But all parrots are like that, only the ones that don't socialize. |
| Personal Observations:
What is amazing about this parrot is that he can actually talk. The parrot is not actually very colorful but it is still beautiful. |
| Source Materials and Related Links:
www.ub.tu-claushtal.de www.student.fsu.umd.edu |
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