Brief History And Facts Of The Beautiful 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.

Those CAG would be more popular in two subcategories in being the larger and in having the black beak and scarlet tail. The TAGs would be smaller with darker gray full body that is close to black and horn colored of a beak and it is tail would range from dark gray to maroon or black. Either of the birds would make equal fine of companions.

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.

Because of their intelligence, they would form strong bonds along with the owners and could quite be needy in emotional. Due to that trait, they would do best with the owners that could devote time in socializing and handling with them in daily basis. Additionally, the parrots do need the exercise at order of keeping the muscles toned and in maintaining the physical condition.

Either the parents would help in taking care of chicks till they could go on alone. The chicks would require the care and feeding from its parents in nest. Parents would take good care them till four to five weeks until they must be fledged. The young ones would leave nest on age of twelve weeks.

Most of the people could relate in having difficulties in keeping the young child be occupied, it is not stretch in saying that in keeping the highly smart bird from being bored could be similar. They need a lot of mental activity in order of staying healthy and happy, they should provide with various of ways exercise and toys. Otherwise, one could resort in destructing behavior then develop some unpleasant habits which may require some professional intervention.

Natural predators to this species would include the vultures and number of those raptors like monkeys that target the eggs and young for the food. The grey parrots that in captivity should be observed in susceptible in fungal infections, nutritional insufficiency, bacterial infections, psittacine beak, feather disease, blood worms, tapeworms and malignant tumors. The humans by far are the largest treat in wild.

Around twenty one percent on population of wild birds were being harvested each year. The mortality rates should be extremely high after those were captures till, they would reach the market, that is ranging from sixty to sixty six percent. The mortality in imported birds are very high. Those birds would also be hunted because of the parts and meat that used in medicines traditionally.




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